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Coinbase has been cosying up to the ministers and mandarins behind the UK’s upcoming crypto policy – and is already reaping the rewards

Reform UK’s deputy leader said last week that a parliamentary debate into Israeli influence on British politics was “antisemitic in its very motivation and at its core”.

Am Samstag, dem 16. Mai, beauftragte der lettische Präsident Edgars Rinkēvičs offiziell Andris Kulbergs, Abgeordneter der Saeima von der Partei „United List“ (Apvienotais saraksts), mit der Bildung einer neuen Regierung.

On Saturday, May 16, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs officially entrusted the formation of a new government to Andris Kulbergs, a member of the Saeima from the “United List” (Apvienotais saraksts).

It was in the rarefied environment of the Gleneagles Townhouse, a five-star luxury hotel and exclusive members club in Edinburgh’s New Town, that one of the most recent meetings recorded on the Scottish lobbying register occurred.

Environmental footprint of Europe’s data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to conceal the environmental impact of their datacentres, an investigation has revealed, with language almost verbatim from their demands to block a database of green metrics incorporated into EU regulations.

Farming chiefs lobbied the UK government in a bid to avoid stricter rules around the use of antibiotics on livestock farms, despite the risks some practices pose to public health.

The Scottish Government has been secretly lobbied to approve one of Scotland’s most contentious planning applications, according to emails obtained by The Ferret.

A Labour-linked lobbying firm is selling access to government officials, including tech secretary Liz Kendall and “top advisers to the prime minister”, for tens of thousands of pounds, openDemocracy can reveal.

A German court has given a former Bundestag deputy a one-year-and-two-month suspended sentence for accepting tens of thousands of euros in bribes from Azerbaijan in exchange for promoting Baku’s interests at Europe’s top human rights body.

Four employees from the Chinese tech giant have appeared before judges in recent days.

BP is a global force in fossil fuel drilling — and a major player with COP29 summit host Azerbaijan.

More than 500 lobbyists and executives flock to access ministers at party’s biggest ever business event at conference

The former prime minister is also under scrutiny for appointing ex-aide Charlotte Owen as Vice President, despite her lack of experience in the energy sector.