Meeting for Sufferings: Friends and the Lobbying Act

Trustees discussed whether to register Britain Yearly Meeting for the Lobbying Act

by Tara Craig 12th December 2014

Trustees met during the lunch break at Meeting for Sufferings to decide whether to register Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) for the Lobbying Act.

The Act is known in full as the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. It requires organisations to register as non-party campaigners if spending over a certain amount on campaigning activities that could influence how people vote.

The threshold is £319,800 per annum in England, £55,400 in Scotland and £44,000 in Wales.