Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act used for gagging campaigners

http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/08/31/lobbying-act-is-performing-exactly-as-intended-stopping-charities-from-campaigning/

We knew this would happen when the so-called Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act was imposed on the UK, back in 2014. It was labelled the “Gagging Act”, for crying out loud!

And we had hard evidence of it in February 2015 – more than two years ago, when John Pring of Disability News Service wrote: “Disability organisations have been intimidated by new lobbying laws – and the risk of losing government contracts – into failing to campaign on key issues like social care and welfare reform in the run-up to the general election, say disabled campaigners.