New: Peter Mandelson's Firm Secretly Lobbied for Qatar Freeports
Global Counsel’s Qatar campaign raises fresh concerns about the effectiveness of UK lobbying transparency and the influence of foreign entities
A public affairs firm co-owned by Peter Mandelson has been running a previously undisclosed lobbying campaign on behalf of Qatar’s freeports, a Democracy for Sale investigation has found.
Successive British governments have courted Gulf investment in recent years. Foreign secretary David Lammy was in Dubai last week looking “to drive economic growth.”
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