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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Firms run by former diplomats and ex-Tory chief first to appear on influence register

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The security minister, Dan Jarvis, said the FIRS sends a clear message the UK ‘will not tolerate covert foreign influence in our democracy’. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

Firms run by two former British ambassadors and an ex-chief of staff to the Conservatives are the first three to appear on the government’s new register of foreign influence.

The register is designed to shine a light on which companies are being paid to represent foreign states in the UK.

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