1.3 Pressure groups and other influences UK

National Union of Teachers

Interest Group - Representing teachers and advocating for their rights, pay and working conditions

Greenpeace

Cause Group - Dedicated to environmental protection and advocacy

National Institute for Health Care and Excellence

Insider group - Works with government to create policies on healthcare and and the NHS

Fathers4Justice

Outsider group - Advocating for father’s parental rights, especially after divorce. Protestor dressed as Batman scaled Buckingham Palace to gain traction

The Legatum Institute

Think tank - Gained influence on parliament and government on Britain leaving the EU. London-based think tank that focuses on promoting and protecting the principles that lead to local and national prosperity

Hanbury Strategy

Lobby Group - Lobby primarily around Brexit and issues that affect their clients, set up by Ameet Gill and Paul Stephenson both connected to the conservatives.

BMW

Corporation - Threatened to reduce investment and cut thousands of UK jobs in the event that there is a ‘hard’ Brexit to influence government.