Behind closed doors: how Tories used dark money-funded report to undermine workers' rights

New law to curb power of trade unions based on decade-old "out of date" report from opaquely-funded TaxPayers' Alliance, government documents show.

Credit: Steve Eason, Flickr.

By Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin

Influence is not always easy to trace. It can be tough to see exactly how ‘a quiet word’ from a lobbyist translates into policy change. 

That’s why a new piece of legislation brought in by the government is so remarkable - because it illustrates clearly how Tufton Street’s corporate-funded thin…