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pressure group

noun as in special-interest group

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Clean transport pressure group Transport & Environment says that boosting depot charging is key.

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Heathrow Reimagined, a pressure group campaigning for reforms in how the airport is regulated, said it was critical of the Kelly Review.

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The pressure group Fighting Dirty has threatened legal proceedings against the EA over what it called a "lack of action" over the issue of tyre exports.

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Loveena Tandon from pressure group Education Not Taxation said "it's not really a tax sector because the entire sector contributes billions to the economy".

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Whether on welfare, defence or planning, another MP describes them as "pop-up pressure groups", publicly calling for No 10 to push its reforms harder, and further.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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