We’ve spoken with Angela Eagle’s office a lot recently, and
I wrote in February to all three party leaders to urge them to commit their
parties to repeal. David Cameron wrote
back to promise that the act “will only apply to third-party organisations
or charities who spend money to procure the electoral success of a particular
political party or candidate”. But he didn’t commit to replacing the Act with a
better-drafted law. Now Labour have gone one better.
Labour’s commitment means the other parties must follow
suit. It’s in their interests, and in the country’s interest, for all parties
to commit to rewriting the bad law the government have produced.
But for now ACEVO’s campaign won’t rest. We’ll keep at the
Electoral Commission and all the political parties, to make sure that the
Lobbying Act regulation for the 2015 election is proportionate and that there’s
good plans in place for a replacement law after 2015. You can now find updates
on our fantastic new website too. Just go to http://www.acevo.org.uk/campaigns/speaking-truth-power-lobbying-act.
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