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UK politics news: Hancock broke ministerial code, Labour suggests as Greensill faces new investigation Rory Sullivan © Provided by The Independent Labour has accused Matt Hancock of appearing to breach the ministerial code, after it emerged that the health secretary was given a 20 per cent share in a company owned by his sister shortly before it won a lucrative NHS contract. Topwood Ltd of Wrexham, a document-shredding firm, was awarded a three-year contract – reportedly wor...

Dont show me this message again✕ David Cameron has indicated he is prepared to give evidence to MPs on the Greensill lobbying scandal as the government continues to face questions over links to the now collapsed financial firm and the “revolving door” with businesses. It comes after the Treasury Select Committee announced on Wednesday it would mount an inquiry — separate to the one launched by Boris Johnson’s government — which is expected to investigate ministers’ responses to th...

Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 05.13 EDT David Cameron and Rishi Sunak will be among senior politicians called to give evidence at a growing number of inquiries into the Greensill lobbying scandal, after two committees of MPs said they would begin their own investigations. In a sign that ministers are struggling to contain the most serious crisis over political ethics for years, the Treasury select committee and the public administration and constitutional affairs committee said they would la...

BBC News Published media captionLord Pickles: "I hope this doesnt sound rude, but there doesnt seem to have been any boundaries at all" The rules on ministers and top officials taking jobs with private firms need urgent reform, the governments adviser on them has said. Lord Pickles said there did not appear to be "any boundaries at all" between civil servants and the private sector. It comes after news a top civil servant worked for Greensill Capital while still on the government payroll. Lord ...

LONDON —  The chairman of Britain’s cronyism watchdog says the public should be given a “full and frank” explanation as to how a senior civil servant held down a part-time job with a now-bankrupt financial firm that won lucrative government contracts. The revelations about Bill Crothers are the latest in a tide of information about links between Greensill Capital, a financial services firm that collapsed last month, and former British Prime Minister David Cameron, other government min...

Boris Johnson Tries to Ride Out Greensill Lobbying Storm Bloomberg 3 hrs ago © Provided by Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson is trying to ride out a lobbying scandal that is threatening to puncture the surge in popularity the British prime minister has enjoyed following the U.K.’s rapid coronavirus vaccination program. Critics have accused the ruling Conservative party of “sleaze” and called for an overhaul of the U.K.’s lobbying rules after it emerged former premier David Came...

Greensill lobbying row: What jobs can ex-ministers do and what are the rules? By Jennifer Scott & Kate Whannel Political reporters, BBC News image copyrightReuters Former government ministers - and top civil servants - are never short of job offers after their political careers end. But what sort of work should they be allowed to do after leaving the corridors of power? And what are the current rules? There are a set of of guidelines - established by the government - that former ministers are m...

02:12 Thu 15 Apr 2021 13.59 EDT First published on Thu 15 Apr 2021 11.53 EDT The prime minister is spoiled for choice. Last month almost no one had heard of Greensill Capital and everyone had been doing their best to forget David Cameron. Now there isn’t just one ongoing inquiry into government lobbying and Tory cronyism, but six. Though by the time you read this we could be into double figures. One of which is being conducted by the public administration and constitutional affairs committee...

Lobbying watchdog chair says ‘there seem to be no boundaries’ and system needs urgent reform Ashley Cowburn and Andrew Woodcock © Provided by The Independent MPs are set to launch at least three separate parliamentary inquiries into the Greensill lobbying scandal as Boris Johnson’s government faces mounting questions over a “revolving door” with business. Earlier, Lord Eric Pickles, the chairman of the body responsible for vetting private sector appointments of sen...

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