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THE PUBLIC is owed a “full and frank” explanation about the relationship between Government and private sector lobbying, Westminster’s ethics chief has said. Lord Pickles, chairman of the committee which vets the appointment of senior ministers and officials, told MPs “immediate address” was required to introduce greater transparency over the relationship between Government and businesses. The Prime Minister has agreed with the peer’s remarks, saying the government needs to un...

What has David Cameron said about the row? Breaking his weeks of silence in a statement on Sunday evening, Mr Cameron insisted that, in his representations to Government, he did not break any codes of conduct or lobbying rules. But he did acknowledge that he should have communicated with the Government "through only the most formal of channels", rather than texts to Mr Sunak, and said he accepts there are "important lessons to be learnt". Mr Cameron said "many of the allegations" made in recent...

Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Greensill lobbying scandal Former Tory Prime Minister David Cameron has been exposed for using his personal and political connections to lobby the government on behalf of financial services company Greensill Capital. Greensill went into administration in March after the German regulatory authority filed a complaint about suspected balance sheet manipulation and several insurance groups withdrew their cover. The company was heavily exposed financially to...

MPs to vote on establishing parliamentary inquiry into Cameron’s lobbying David Cameron (Jacob King/PA) MPs are to vote on whether to establish a parliamentary inquiry into David Cameron’s lobbying activities for collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital. A plan put forward by Labour would create a new Commons select committee to investigate lobbying, including the former prime minister’s activities, which would be able to summon witnesses to answer questions in public. If MPs approve th...

Last modified on Wed 14 Apr 2021 03.20 EDT An inquiry into lobbying launched by Boris Johnson is an attempt to deflect attention from the role of ministers in the Greensill scandal, the head of the senior civil servants’ union has said. Dave Penman, the general secretary of the FDA, told the Guardian that the investigation has no specific remit to examine whether four ministers contacted by David Cameron as he lobbied on behalf of his employer, Greensill, acted within the rules. The chance...

The prime minister said he shares some of the widespread concern about how former PM Mr Cameron was lobbying ministers on behalf of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital. He said after reading reports this week that it is not clear whether the "boundaries" between civil servants and business had been "properly understood". But Mr Johnson would not commit to an independent parliamentary inquiry, saying the Cabinet Office-commissioned inquiry he had ordered by Nigel Boardman would find answers...

Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee has today launched an inquiry the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal. Committee chair Mel Stride said MPs would “take a closer look” at the circumstances surrounding efforts by David Cameron and former senior civil servant Bill Crothers in lobbying on behalf of the failed finance firm. A statement from the committee said the probe “will focus on the regulatory lessons from the failure of Greensill Capital and the appropriateness of HM Treasury’s...

Keir Starmer hits out at return of Tory sleaze over Greensill scandal Sir Keir Starmer told MPs that the government needs to "overhaul the whole broken [lobbying] system", while also calling for a full Westminster-led inquiry into Greensill Capitals links with ministers. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of overseeing a “return of Tory sleaze” over the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal. Starmer told MPs today that the government needed to “overhau...

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