GREEN GROUP FINED UNDER NEW ACT MEANT TO CURB IMPROPER LOBBYING
The environment group Greenpeace has become the first British organisation to be fined under the controversial 2014 Lobbying Act – which critics warned would stifle legitimate campaigning groups – after it refused to register under the legislation.
The act, which was designed to curb improper lobbying, imposes restrictions on spending during an election. Greenpeace revealed in May that it had been fined £30,000 for refusing to register as a “third-party campaigning organisation” in the run-up to the 2015 general election.
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