legislation/ legislator/ to legislate	law-making
constituents/ constituency	ppl who elected one MP
MPs	Members of Parliament
assiduously	wytrwale/ pracowicie
lobbies/ to lobby	interest groups who try to influence MPs
corporations/ to corporate	large companies
Institute of Directors	organisation of top business ppl
ministers	MPs with top responsibilities
civil servants	ppl employed in government departments (the Civil Service)
lobbyists	ppl who lobby
Chancellor of the Exchequer	finance minister (in UK)
annual budget	yearly financial plan (of tax, rates..)
petitions/ petitioner	formal requests often signed by lots of ppl
tax concessions / to concede	reductions in taxes
producers/ productive/ mass-produced	manufacturers
centralised/ centralisation	concentrated in one central organisation
close-knit	with close ties to each other
well-funded	with plenty of financial support
consumers	ppl who use/buy products
fragmented	separate, not centralised
Friends of the Earth	large environmental organisation
Child Poverty Action Group	large organisation helping children
paid-up members	ppl who have paid their membership fees/ committed members
deputations	ppl sent to speak for a group
counter	oppose
grievances	complaints about unfair treatment
appeal to	request support from
to scatter	rozpraszać/ rozpędzać
to conceal	ukrywać
to pressurise	tr to force someone to do sth
to influence (public opinion)	to affect
assiduously	showing hard work or attention to detail
climax (to reach the climax)	most important and exciting point
press for	to argue in favour of
close-knit (community)	tightly connected
backstairs (pressures, influences)	hidden from the public
relentlessly	without stopping
to intimidate (to be intimidated into doing sth)	to frighten or threaten sb
to encircle (the enemy camp)	to surround