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

Make ministers declare WhatsApp contact with lobbyists, MPs say

David Cameron
David Cameron was found not to have broken lobbying rules after bombarding ministers with messages. Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/EPA

Ministers should have to publicly declare contact from lobbyists on WhatsApp or face a ban on its use on official government devices, a committee of MPs has said.

The public administration committee said current transparency measures did not command public confidence, as a result of the Greensill scandal over David Cameron’s private lobbying of ministers on behalf of his employer.

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