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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Shanti Das

Oil and gas firms have unlisted links to Westminster

A Shell/Esso Brent Bravo platform
A Shell/Esso Brent Bravo platform: Shell is among the oil and gas producers funding the trade associations that provide support to groups of MPs. Photograph: Peter Jordan_NE/Alamy

Lobbyists representing fossil fuel giants are quietly helping run parliamentary groups on energy and climate policy without the need to formally declare their involvement.

The trade associations, which are funded by oil and gas producers including Shell, BP and ExxonMobil, provide administrative and public relations support to groups of MPs.

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