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| − | In January 2009 the ''Sunday Times'' published details of an eight-month-long undercover investigation in which reporters posed as lobbyists representing a foreign retail company. The 'lobbyists' aimed to have their 'company' gain exemption from business rates through a series of meetings with peers. What became know as [[erminegate]], Ermine being a heraldic fur red robe sometimes seen in the Lords, raised fresh concerns over 'cash for influence'. | + | In January 2009 the ''Sunday Times'' published details of an eight-month-long undercover investigation in which reporters posed as lobbyists representing a foreign retail company. The 'lobbyists' aimed to have their 'company' gain exemption from business rates through a series of meetings with peers. What became know as [[erminegate]], Ermine being a heraldic fur red robe sometimes seen in the Lords, raised fresh concerns over 'cash for influence'.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/glossary/politics/erminegate.shtml 'Erminegate'], ''BBC''.</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:34, 19 January 2012
In January 2009 the Sunday Times published details of an eight-month-long undercover investigation in which reporters posed as lobbyists representing a foreign retail company. The 'lobbyists' aimed to have their 'company' gain exemption from business rates through a series of meetings with peers. What became know as erminegate, Ermine being a heraldic fur red robe sometimes seen in the Lords, raised fresh concerns over 'cash for influence'.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 'Erminegate', BBC.
