Within the first few days of the brand new authorities, public affairs company Shearwater World introduced they’d employed former Labour Residence Secretary Charles Clarke. Ex-Labour MP Holly Lynch was snapped up by Arden Methods, the company run by former Scottish Labour Chief Jim Murphy. Swathes of former political advisers and get together comms employees have additionally discovered plum roles throughout the trade.
At different companies, the revolving door has swung in the other way, with a variety of former lobbyists from company and in-house groups now sitting on the inexperienced benches.
Amongst them is Chris Ward, a former adviser to now-Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who subsequently joined influential lobbying agency Hanbury in early 2022 to guide its “Labour Unit.”
Inside days of Ward’s election victory, he was handed an influential position as Starmer’s parliamentary non-public secretary — performing as a key conduit between the prime minister and his backbench MPs.
Prepared for battle
However whereas the wooing continues, a military of lobbyists is already gearing up for the primary pitched battles of the brand new authorities over the glut of latest laws introduced in final week’s king’s speech.
A revised soccer governance invoice appears set to reignite hostilities — which had largely been on pause through the election marketing campaign — between the Premier League, the Soccer Affiliation and their respective lobbying companies.
