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A key U.K. government adviser has called for urgent reform of the rules on ministers and top officials taking jobs with private firms. Opposition politicians have accused the government of sleaze following revelations that a former Prime Minister and civil servants have been involved in paid lobbying. We get an update from Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times, Sebastian Payne. Also, the European Court of Justice has upheld a ban on electric pulse fishing, a practice which environmental campaigners strongly oppose. Fr茅d茅ric Le Manach, Scientific Director of the environmental group BLOOM explains why activists are celebrating this court ruling. Plus, we hear from the Director for Africa at the International Monetary Fund, Abebe Aemro Selassie. He tells us how the short term future may look for Africa amid the publication of the IMF鈥檚 spring economic outlook for the region.

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