There has rarely been a more comprehensive gathering of our nation’s political elite than the crowd that attended Westminster Abbey on a cloudy day in June 2019, for a memorial service to celebrate the life of top Whitehall mandarin Lord (Jeremy) Heywood. The civil servant known as ‘the man who ran Britain’, whose career spanned … Read more
David Cameron prepared to give evidence to Greensill scandal probe: Former PM will ‘respond positively’ to requests from MPs in lobbying row inquiry A spokesman for the former prime minister said he will ‘respond positively’ Yesterday the Commons Treasury Committee launched an inquiry into Greensill The former Conservative premier has already denied breaching lobbying rules … Read more
Britain’s top mandarin has warned high-level Whitehall officials should not have second jobs because it threatens the ‘integrity and impartiality’ of the civil service as he ordered a crackdown on mandarins with ‘problematic’ external paid roles amid the David Cameron lobbying scandal. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, formerly private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, yesterday … Read more
A second of David Cameron‘s mandarins was allowed to work for both business and Whitehall at the same time, it emerged last night. Sir John Manzoni kept his £100,000 directorship with drinks giant SABMiller after he was appointed chief executive of the Civil Service. The revelation came as the country’s top civil servant demanded to … Read more
A second of David Cameron‘s mandarins was allowed to work for both business and Whitehall at the same time, it emerged last night. Sir John Manzoni kept his £100,000 directorship with drinks giant SABMiller after he was appointed chief executive of the Civil Service. The revelation came as the country’s top civil servant demanded to … Read more
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s £44million super yacht has anchored off the coast of Falmouth amid a brewing scandal over meetings with David Cameron and his financier friend. It comes just a day after a photograph emerged showing Mr Cameron and Lex Greensill dressed in business suits and drinking tea around a campfire … Read more
As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson breezed one day into Downing Street to talk to David Cameron about his budget settlement for City Hall. He wanted a bumper payday for Londoners. But Cameron, the Prime Minister for four years, was not well disposed to his fellow Old Etonian. He believed, with some justification, that the … Read more
Oligarch backs his ‘friend’ David Cameron: Russian Tory donor who once bought bronze bust of former Prime Minister supports him over lobbying scandal Ex-arms tycoon Alexander Temerko described ex-Prime Minister as his ‘friend’ He said fallout from the scandal showed why ‘business councils’ needed in UK Tories previously came under fire for the party’s close … Read more
‘This stinks’, came the cry – and I fear it was bang on: HENRY DEEDES sees the Government feeling the heat over David Cameron lobbying scandal By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:42 BST, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 13 April 2021 We heard name-calling, we saw finger-wagging and witnessed more … Read more
Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘running scared’ over David Cameron Greensill lobbying row after he dodges grilling in the House of Commons as Government sends junior minister to answer questions Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds was granted urgent question on the issue She wanted to get answers from Chancellor Rishi Sunak but he failed to attend … Read more