Democratic round-up: the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

The Government’s Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning & Trade Union Administration Bill receives its Second Reading the House of Commons today. Criticism has been rife, with campaigners on the left and right taking issue with provisions which it is said could limit free speech. Here, Sean Kippin takes a look at the must-read analysis, news and opinion on this most controversial of pieces of legislation.