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Top civil servant announced Lex Greensill in key role before joining firm Founder Lex Greensill. A top civil servant embroiled in the Greensill lobbying row reportedly announced the company’s founder as a Crown Representative before later joining the firm. Bill Crothers, who was the government’s chief commercial officer until 2015, joined Greensill as an adviser while still working for the government. Now it’s been revealed Crothers announced the firm’s founder, Lex G...

Last modified on Fri 16 Apr 2021 10.46 EDT A seventh inquiry into lobbying has been set up, as Downing Street refused to say when an investigation into senior civil servants’ second jobs would be made public. On Friday the National Audit Office (NAO) became the latest organisation to launch an inquiry into the relationship between the finance firm Greensill Capital and government figures. It followed revelations that began with the former prime minister David Cameron lobbying on behalf of the...

Dont show me this message again✕ (AFP via Getty Images) Whitehall’s spending watchdog is to investigate Greensill Capital’s involvement in the coronavirus support scheme as the government faces escalating questions over a “revolving door” with the business. The National Audit Office (NAO) revealed its inquiry will cover the accreditation process by which the now collapse company was authorised to issue financial support through the Covid large business interruption loan scheme. In a ...

Basingstokes MP has voted against a motion to form a parliamentary inquiry into the lobbying of government ministers.

Lord Kerslake said he had “real concerns” about the case of Bill Crothers. “I can see no circumstances in which his appointment was acceptable,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. “He led on procurement – an area of absolutely intense scrutiny and where integrity is vital. The effect of what he did, if not the intent, was to bypass the Acoba rules. “The situation was that Greensill were active in government even if they didn’t have a contract. So I am personally ba...

Questions raised over Nigel Boardman’s appointment given role at Arbuthnot Banking Group, which also employs former civil servants

An inquiry by MPs into supply chain finance is set to begin next week. The public accounts committee is investigating the practice of providing finance against the value of future invoices. The probe has been prompted by links between the collapsed SCF provider Greensill Capital and its connections to the government, civil service and former prime minister David Cameron. The inquiry will also look at the wider practice of SCF. The committee said in a statement: “The public accounts committee ...

Date Time Review into Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance in Government – Terms of Reference 1.A Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) related to Greensill Capital in Government, led by Nigel Boardman, has been announced by the Government. 2.The Prime Minister has asked Mr Boardman to investigate the development and use of supply chain finance in government, especially the role of Lex Greensill and Greensill Capital (including associated ...

Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance in Government – Terms of Reference Terms of Reference for the Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) in Government. From: PURPOSE 1.A Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) related to Greensill Capital in Government, led by Nigel Boardman, has been announced by the Government. 2.The Prime Minister has asked Mr Boardman to investigate the d...

Isle of Wight Radio Midnight - 6:00am Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Greensill row: Civil servants have until end of week to declare second jobs as concern grows Senior civil servants have been told they have until the end of the week to declare any other jobs they hold outside government. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said there was "acute concern" at the top of the civil service about issues that have emerged in the David Cameron lobbying affair. On ...