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
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
ANNA MIKHAILOVA: Spreadsheet Phil…the nightclub king of Essex! Former Chancellor Hammond is financial backer behind TOWIE’s Sugar Hut By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 20 March 2021 The former Chancellor is a financial backer behind the Sugar Hut, a kitschy nightclub in his … Read more
Philip Hammond has launched a savage attack on Theresa May, claiming she had no idea what Brexit should look like when she became PM in July 2016. The former Tory chancellor said Mrs May ‘didn’t know’ what kind of relationship she wanted the UK to have with the European Union when she moved into Number … Read more
Rishi Sunak is unlikely to announce an emergency Budget for a No Deal Brexit because Treasury believes robust Covid financial support will soften financial blow Sunak not planning emergency Budget despite threat to farmers of WTO tarriffs Previous Chancellors Javid and Hammond drew up emergency plans for No Deal Coronavirus financial support measures are in … Read more
Tory aide ‘frogmarched’ out of Downing Street after being fired by Dominic Cummings amid Brexit leaks frenzy settles employment case with ‘five figure payout’ Ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan has settled employment claim with ‘five figure’ sum Ms Khan was frogmarched from No10 after being fired by Dominic Cummings She had been accused of still being … Read more
Philip Hammond ‘sent flattering letter to Saudi finance minister days before announcing his intention to quit as chancellor and later took paid role advising him’ Philip Hammond visited Saudi Arabia on Government business in July 2019 He wrote a flattering letter to Saudi finance minister to thank him for hospitality He subsequently quit the Government … Read more