David Cameron, his financier boss Lex Greensill and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be grilled by MPs over the lobbying scandal, it was confirmed last night. The Treasury Committee said it will ask all three to appear in person during its inquiry into the Government’s dealings with failed finance firm Greensill Capital. Chairman Mel Stride said … Read more
Boris Johnson defended senior Civil Service figures amid a growing Government lobbying scandal today, insisting they were not all ‘double-hatting’ with lucrative second jobs. The Prime Minister said it was ‘simply not the case’ that ‘loads of people’ were gaming the system to earn eye-watering amounts while on the Government payroll in a potential conflict … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing Tory calls for ‘meaningful change’ as the lobbying storm threatens to derail the elections battle. The Conservative chair of a cross-party committee investigating the issue has warned that ‘something must be done’ after a slew of revelations about links between politics and business. Cabinet minister George Eustice insisted yesterday that only … Read more
A cabinet minister defended embattled David Cameron yesterday as details emerged of how the former prime minister had lobbied the NHS for staff data on behalf of Greensill Capital. Mr Cameron’s one-time press secretary George Eustice said his old boss had not broken any rules in his work for the controversial finance firm and said … Read more
Emails sent by David Cameron lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital were revealed for the first time today. At the height of the pandemic in April last year, the former PM sent a message to Matthew Gould, head of NHSX, the health service’s digital arm. Mr Cameron urged Mr Gould, who worked for him in government, to … Read more
A procession of former PMs could appear before a ‘Line of Duty‘-style Parliamentary inquiry into lobbying, it was revealed today. A roll call of power players is expected to be summoned by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee after it vowed to expose issues with the system. David Cameron, who has faced a wave … Read more
A network of Labour Party ‘spies’ is operating at the heart of Whitehall, feeding secret information to Sir Keir Starmer‘s team to destabilise the Government, senior Tory sources claim. The moles – Labour-sympathising civil servants – are believed to have played a key role in triggering the lobbying scandal which has allowed Sir Keir’s party … Read more
Revealed: David Cameron’s lobbying emails to the head of NHSX on behalf of Greensill Capital said the company was ‘the UK’s leading fintech firm’ The letters sent by David Cameron on behalf of Greensill Capital were revealed Message from April 2020, he described Greensill as UK’s leading fintech firm’ Cameron offered to introduce Matthew Gould, head … Read more
Greensill-backed finance firm Taulia got lucrative contract with Transport for London while Boris Johnson was Mayor and Lex was a No 10 adviser It prompted renewed calls for a fuller probe into Greensill’s access to Whitehall It also brings up questions as to how he was able to benefit from his ties to PM It … Read more
An inquiry into lobbying by David Cameron should also examine a meeting that the former Prime Minister had with Philip Hammond amid suspicion that he may have used it to pressure the Government into supporting a lucrative £700 million UK -China investment fund, according to the Chairman of the Commons Standards Committee. As PM, Mr Cameron … Read more