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Pressure groups can be described as an organised group that do not put candidates up for election in general elections; they do try to influence government legislation and their policies that they are trying to implement. The aim of this assignment is to examine how important pressure groups can be within Britain's political policy process. Every pressure group consists of individuals who share a common interest, whilst using whatever resources are available as a direct result of their unity of interest to influence and apply pressure on various agencies to have their views adopted, such as government, ministers of parliament, local government or officials. Their aim is to use different tactics to highlight their cause, putting pressure on politicians, such as lobbying that is pressurising and becoming part of the democratic process. The lobbying activities are achieved through meetings with those in power and presenting them with their points of view...

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