Hello and welcome to London Influence. We’ll be taking a two week break from newsletter writing while the rest of Westminster collapses into a heap after a manic few months.
But but but … Your Influence author will still chinese overseas british database be skulking around SW1 over the next fortnight, so get in touch if you fancy a recess rendezvous.
SNEAK PEEK
— Defeated Tory MPs rally to boost the economy by … setting up their own lobbying firms.
— Lobbying, policy and comms pros are being asked to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
**A message from Vodafone: Faster roll out of 5G enabled by the merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK could save over half a billion pounds a year (£580 million) on the energy costs of much relied on public buildings like schools, hospitals, leisure centres and libraries, relieving pressure on cash-strapped councils.**
TRANSPARENCY TALES
Walk the walk: Moaning about transparency issues while doing nothing about it? You’d certainly never catch Influence doing that!
Moving swiftly on: Green Party assembly members have decided to lead by example in City Hall by collating and publishing their own meeting diaries as part of a proper push to improve trust with voters. They’re trying to build pressure for Westminster to follow suit.