List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom

List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom

This is a list of pressure groups in the United Kingdom. These pressure groups, based on their relationship with United Kingdom policy makers, can be divided into insider groups, who have high degree of involvement and influence and outsider groups, who have little or no direct involvement or influence.

ectional

"Sectional" or "interest" groups represent the interests of members, such professional organisations and trade unions.

*British Medical Association
*Confederation of British Industry
*List of trade unions in the United Kingdom

Cause

"Cause", "promotional" or "attitude" groups aim to change opinions and attitudes.

Political

*Article 19
*Campaign Against Arms Trade
*Campaign for Freedom of Information
*Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
*Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
*Celtic League
*Charter88
*Defy-ID
*The Freedom Association
*Electoral Reform Society
*MigrationWatch UK
*Muslim Council of Britain
*NO2ID
*Society for Individual Freedom
*TaxPayers' Alliance
*National Farmers Union

Think tanks

*Adam Smith Institute
*Institute for Fiscal Studies
*Economic and Social Research Council
*Institute for Public Policy Research
*Social Market Foundation
*Institute of Economic Affairs
*Fabian Society
*CentreForum
*Institute of Ideas
*Civitas
*Reform
*Royal Institute for International Affairs
*New Local Government Network
*Centre for Policy Studies

Environmental

*Campaign to Protect Rural England
*Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
*Countryside Alliance
*Greenpeace
*Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
*Friends of the Earth Scotland
*Forum for the Future
*Women's Environmental Network
*Rowers against Thames Sewage (RATS)
*Surfers against Sewage
*Transport 2000 - anti-car group
*Waste Watch

Food

*Food Commission
*Sustain the alliance for better food and farming
*The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)

Animal welfare and animal rights

*Advocates for Animals
*Animal Aid
*British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
*League Against Cruel Sports
*Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
*Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
*Countryside Alliance

Family life

*Fathers' rights movement in the UK
**Families Need Fathers
**Fathers 4 Justice
**Fathers Direct
*Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
*Mothers Apart from Their Children

Cultural

*Association of British Counties
*Saddleworth White Rose Society
*Welsh Language Society
*Yorkshire Ridings Society

Women

*The Fawcett Society

Human Rights

*JUSTICE
*Liberty
*OutRage!

cience

*Genewatch
*Save British Science Society

Business

*Corporate Watch
*Mediawatch-uk
*Confederation of British Industry

Britain and Europe

*European Movement
*Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB)
*Britain in Europe - cease to exist from August 2005
*Scotland in Europe

International Development

*World Development Movement
*People & Planet
*Oxfam
*Christian Aid

Religiously/Secularly based political

*Christian Institute
*National Secular Society

References

ee also

*Politics of the United Kingdom


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