UK lords working for consulting firm lobbying for UAE Submitted by Daniel Tester on Fri, 06/12/2026 - 15:20 FGS Global says peers are not involved in work promoting Emirati-UK relations - but campaigners raise concerns about overlap between parliament and lobbying industry Labour peer Thangam Debbonaire has previously criticised “egregious acts of paid lobbying” and called for a ban on MPs having second jobs (UK Parliament) Off Members of the UK’s House of Lords are working for a consulting firm hired as a lobbyist by the United Arab Emirates , Middle East Eye can reveal. The Gulf state is widely accused of backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, which has committed mass killings and widespread human rights abuses in Sudan’s civil war . Thangam Debbonaire, the former Labour MP and shadow culture secretary, is one of three peers working in paid roles for FGS Global, a multinational consultancy.