Announcing this week’s fast-tracked government Spending Round for 2020/21 Sajid Javid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, promised to “clear the ground ahead of Brexit” while delivering on people’s priorities of schools, policing, health and defence. For seriously ill children and...

Lobbying is a dirty word for many. One that conjures up smoke filled rooms, and cash filled envelopes. One that evokes the malevolent spectres of bias, greed and manipulation. Spin. The dark arts. And fair enough, in many ways. A...