The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency is a UK-based organisation formed in September 2007[1] and formally launched in January 2008[2] and concerned with the influence of lobbying on government decision-making.[3]
The Alliance is also campaigning for a mandatory lobbyists register,[4] 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,[5] and highlighting condemnation by Austin Mitchell MP and others.[6]
Alliance members include charities, campaign groups and a trade union.
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.
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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