The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency is a UK-based organisation formed in September 2007 and formally launched in January 2008 and concerned with the influence of lobbying on government decision-making.
The Alliance is also campaigning for a mandatory lobbyists register, while the UK Public Affairs Council is a lobby industry body supporting self-regulation. The UKPAC published its first register in March 2011 and the Alliance was immediately critical, saying an estimated 85-90% of lobbyists were shunning it, and highlighting condemnation by Austin Mitchell MP and others.
Members Alliance members include charities, campaign groups and a trade union. Action Aid Campaign Against Arms Trade Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom Corporate Watch enough'senough.org Friends of the Earth Greenpeace National Union of Journalists Pesticide Action Network Platform SPEAK network SpinWatch (SpinWatch's director Tamasin Cave is sometimes quoted as head of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency) Unlock Democracy War on Want World Development Movement
Some Alliance members are also supporters of a related European initiative, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), a coalition concerned with corporate lobbyists' influence on the political agenda in Europe.
Funding The Alliance has received funding via a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust's Power and Responsibility programme, and gets support from coalition members.
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ALTER-EU