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Should charities offer 'cash to access' schemes?

Institute of Economic Affairs defends getting paid to give access to government ministers

The charity, Institute of Economic Affairs, defends getting paid in exchange for access to government ministers and allegedly influencing Brexit. Greenpeace secretly recorded the IEA's director, Mark Littlewood. He told Today he makes "no apology for seeking to raise funds" for research but Greenpeace's Head of News and Investigations, Ben Stewart, says the IEA "comes at the bottom of the table for transparency around donors".

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