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
David Cameron is facing yet more scrutiny over his role at a software firm based in ‘offshore tax haven’, Bermuda. The former Prime Minister has been accused of ‘deep hypocrisy’ by critics for chairing the advisory board at a firm called Afiniti. The software business, which provides technology for call centres in Pakistan, boasts names … Read more
David Cameron is facing yet more scrutiny over his role at a software firm based in ‘offshore tax haven’, Bermuda. The former Prime Minister has been accused of ‘deep hypocrisy’ by critics for chairing the advisory board at a firm called Afiniti. The software business, which provides technology for call centres in Pakistan, boasts names … Read more
A top aide to David Cameron is one of several members of the House of Lords who also work for major lobbying firms. Baroness Fall was deputy chief of staff to the former prime minister, now embroiled in a scandal over his contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital, and was given a peerage by … Read more
Controversial financier Lex Greensill’s multi-million pound plan to create a wildlife sanctuary at the end of his garden has been blocked by councillors worried that he won’t have enough cash to complete it. The Aussie-born tycoon at the centre of the David Cameron lobbying scandal said it was his ‘dream’ to make a 500-acre wildlife … Read more
Controversial financier Lex Greensill’s multi-million pound plan to create a wildlife sanctuary at the end of his garden has been blocked by councillors worried that he won’t have enough cash to complete it. The Aussie-born tycoon at the centre of the David Cameron lobbying scandal said it was his ‘dream’ to make a 500-acre wildlife … Read more
The lobbying row escalated again today as it emerged another Cabinet Office adviser appointed by David Cameron was working for Greensill. David Brierwood combined a role as a crown representative in the Cabinet Office with being a director at Greensill for three and a half years. The Cabinet Office stressed Mr Brierwood’s role was nothing … Read more
Boris Johnson’s claim that he didn’t meddle in a Saudi bid to buy a top English football team was in doubt last night after it emerged he said ‘brilliant’ when told the deal was set to go ahead. The Prime Minister’s jubilant response was to a Downing Street aide who he had asked to intervene … Read more
There do not seem to have been ‘any boundaries at all’ in government ties to business and ‘excuses’ are being used to avoid checks, a watchdog warned today. Lord Pickles, head of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, delivered a damning assessment of the revolving door between Whitehall and the private sector. He said he was … Read more
God give me strength, fella – Keir Starmer is a Line of Duty devotee! HENRY DEEDES on PMQs, Greensill and the Labour leader’s boy band haircut By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 23:17 BST, 14 April 2021 | Updated: 09:57 BST, 15 April 2021 Mother of God! PMQs had gone all Line of … Read more