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THE latest business appointment data shows lobbying and consultancy businesses aiming to influence the government are also busy appointing former top civil servants from related departments.
The “business appointment rules” manage the revolving door for director and deputy director-level civil servants leaving their top government jobs for places in industry.
The rules are supposed to stop private companies from getting too much influence on the government by poaching these top insiders. Many corporations want to either win government contracts or change government regulations — and they have money to spend to help them do it.
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