Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories
MPs and others condemn behaviour of CT Group, which offered cash for positive coverage of clients
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A political lobbying firm, CT Group, secretly paid journalists for positive articles about its clients, a practice exposed by a Guardian investigation. MPs and transparency campaigners condemned the payments as an attack on democracy and ethics. Calls have been made for CT Group to reveal the full extent of the payments and for an overhaul of lobbying rules.