Former Labour minister Jim Murphy’s firm lobbies for defence and oil giants

Former Labour cabinet minister Jim Murphy’s company has been lobbying Sir Keir Starmer’s government on behalf of arms manufacturers, oil companies and energy giants.

The clients of Murphy’s Arden Strategies have been published in the UK’s lobbying register for the first time since Labour’s general election victory in July.

Arden was required to declare the companies it works with in the register this week under transparency rules.

Murphy’s firm is one of the most prominent lobbyists of the new Labour government.

A spokeswoman for Arden Strategies told the BBC: “We are proud of the work we do…