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Lord Duncan seen here before taking on work with Charlotte Street Partners
IN a move which has been described as “simply wrong”, a lobbying firm has hired a sitting Tory peer as a consulting partner.
The appointment of Ian Duncan (Lord Duncan of Springbank) by Charlotte Street Partners, announced last week, has come under heavy fire from industry bodies.
Duncan, a former Scotland Office minister and Tory MEP for Scotland, now serves as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
The Association for Scottish Public Affairs (ASPA), a membership body for public affairs practitioners, has said the lobbying firm will be removed from their association in the wake of Duncan’s appointment. ....

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