Lobbyists, Think-Tanks and Corporations

What is a lobbyist?

Professional organisations who try to influence policy and legislation

What are Think-Tanks?

Organisations that produce research to try and influence government eg. The Institute for Economic Affairs and Liz Truss’s mini budget

What is a corporation?

Businesses that try to influence policy and legislation, eg. Tobacco firms and Rishi Sunak’s failed smoking ban

Prison Governors’ Association Case Study

• Represents managers in the prison service

• In the run up to the 2024 election, published a newspaper piece saying prisons were ‘at breaking point’

• It lobbied for the release of prisoners to ease pressure

• Once labour won a landslide in the 2024 election, by October, almost 3,000 prisoners had been freed early in England and Wales, under the governments plan to free up 5,500 prison spaces in total