Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories
The Guardian — World
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MPs and others condemn behaviour of CT Group, which offered cash for positive coverage of clients
A political lobbying firm secretly paying journalists for articles favourable to its clients is facing calls to reveal full details of the payments, after the practice was denounced as a dangerous “attack on democracy”.
MPs, senior lobbyists and transparency campaigners all condemned the behaviour of CT Group, the firm co-founded by the campaign strategist Lynton Crosby, an election guru previously hired by both David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
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