The revolving door

A former PM’s political aide and special adviser to UK business and energy secretary Greg Clark is now a director at fracking and chemical giant INEOS’s lobbying firm. Yet under the broken system regulating the revolving door between big business and politics, the public often has no automatic right to know about such appointments writes Melissa Jones.

Consultants who advise the European Commission (EC) on its security policies have also been working for companies that win related research projects, funded by the European Union, raising concerns about conflict of interest. By Crina Boros at Investigate Europe.