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Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 14.42 EDT Boris Johnson has said he will publish his text messages and “make absolutely no apology” for the exchanges with businessman James Dyson promising to “fix” tax status for the firm to help build ventilators. Keir Starmer accused the government of “sleaze, sleaze, sleaze” after leaked texts from Johnson promised that the pro-Brexit billionaire’s employees would not have to pay extra tax if they came to the UK to make ventilators during the ...

Also, whether the Treasury responded appropriately to lobbying from Greensill during the pandemic. Two other parliamentary inquiries – including one by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – also want to hear from Mr Cameron.  Yesterday it published details into its probe which will look at issues such as codes of conduct and lobbying regulations.  Chairman Mel Stride said he would write to them as well as to the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authorit...

Firm linked to lawyer leading Greensill lobbying inquiry given £7m in government contracts Alan McGuinness, political reporter A firm linked to the lawyer tasked by the prime minister with looking into the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal has been given £7m in government contracts over the last year. © Other The review will examine how government contracts were secured by Lex Greensills (right) firm, as well as the actions of ex-PM David Cameron (left) Boris Johnson has a...

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‘People should not form the impression there are lots of people doing two jobs’: PM defends civil service as Greensill probes launch Johnson praises Whitehall’s pandemic work and says public would be wrong to think moonlighting is common Boris Johnson Photo PA 20 Apr 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson has spoken in defence of senior civil servants as the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal has shone a spotlight on top officials’ second jobs as well as former PM David Cameron’s work for ...

David Cameron and Rishi Sunak have been sent a series of demands by a parliamentary inquiry into the former prime minister’s lobbying activities for Greensill Capital. The Commons Treasury Committee wrote to the pair on Tuesday, setting a May 6 deadline to answer the questions ahead of a possible appearance before MPs over the controversy. It is one of the inquiries launched after it emerged Mr Cameron sent text messages to the Chancellor as he sought to gain access to Government-backed coron...

Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 08.59 EDT The firm of the corporate lawyer who will oversee the independent investigation in government contracts and lobbying was awarded more than £7m in government contracts over the past year alone, it can be revealed. Slaughter and May, where the inquiry’s chair, Nigel Boardman, was a partner until 2019, has been awarded 10 contracts worth £7,229,989 since March 2020, according to analysis of government data, including by the Treasury and the Cab...

THERE’S one phenomenon I’ve yet to see in 30 years of journalism: an ex-politician who’s poor. I’ve met plenty of former soldiers and police officers, academics and shopkeepers, teachers, scientists, writers, spies and actors who’ve drifted into hard times once their careers end. But I’ve never met a former MP or MSP down on their luck. Even the ones who end up in jail somehow manage to keep the nice car, nice house, nice holidays, and find a nice gig on the board of some unscrupu...

The SNPs Pete Wishart slammed the cronyism crisis engulfing Boris Johnsons government brought to light by former PM David Camerons lobbying attempts SCOTLANDS longest-serving MP has hit out at the cronyism crisis engulfing the Tory government at Westminster – saying Scots can ditch the “House of Sleaze” for an independent future. It was recently revealed that former prime minister David Cameron lobbied UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Matt Hancock on behalf of finance f...

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 tweaks are needed to the system, as he stressed that David Cameron had broken no rules despite anger over how he approached colleague...