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Last modified on Wed 14 Apr 2021 03.20 EDT Top story: Crothers role was approved by officials Morning everyone. This is Martin Farrer with all today’s top stories. The scandal over Greensill Capital’s links to the government has deepened after it emerged that a senior civil servant began working for the finance firm as an adviser while still serving in Whitehall – and that his role was approved the Cabinet Office. Following revelations about former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbyin...

BORIS Johnson was cut off by the Commons Speaker for failing to answer a question about an inquiry into the Greenshill scandal. Ministers and the Civil Service have been dragged into the row over Greensill Capital’s links with government and former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbying for the financial firm. Labour’s calls for a parliamentary inquiry intensified after it emerged that the former head of Whitehall procurement became an adviser to Greensill Capital while still worki...

Eight announcements from Boris Johnson at PMQs amid fury over David Cameron and Greensill The Prime Minister appeared in the House of Commons opposite the leader of the opposite, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer 12:55, 14 APR 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get all the latest politics news via email updates Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your informati...

BBC News Published image captionDavid Cameron is at the centre of a lobbying row The government has rejected Labours call for a full parliamentary inquiry into lobbying and the contacts between government and Greensill Capital. Boris Johnson has launched a review by a government lawyer into the finance firms links to David Cameron and top civil servants in his administration. Labour wants a broader inquiry into lobbying by a cross-party panel of MPs. The government says its review is the "right...

Labour is urging MPs to vote through a proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry into David Cameron’s lobbying activities for collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital in a bid to reform transparency rules. The Opposition party wants to create an anti-sleaze committee to investigate lobbying, including the former prime minister’s activities, which would be able to summon witnesses to answer questions in public. Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves told ITV’s Good...

Boris Johnson has admitted it is not clear whether the “boundaries” between Whitehall and business have been “properly understood” as Labour claimed the Greensill row marks the return of “Tory sleaze”. The Prime Minister said an inquiry led by lawyer Nigel Boardman would examine the situation after it emerged the Government’s former procurement chief had worked for Greensill Capital while still employed as a civil servant. Meanwhile senior Tory William Wragg said former prime mini...

The UK is being urged to deepen its investigation into government-linked lending and supply chain finance (SCF) facilities provided by Greensill, as details emerge of the collapsed financier’s deep ties to Westminster. The Cabinet Office announced late on April 12 that a review was to be launched into the development and use of SCF programmes ...

Labour is urging MPs to vote through a proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry into David Cameron’s lobbying activities for collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital in a bid to reform transparency rules. The Opposition party wants to create an anti-sleaze committee to investigate lobbying, including the former prime minister’s activities, which would be able to summon witnesses to answer questions in public. Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves told ITV’s Good...

Labour is urging MPs to vote through a proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry into David Cameron’s lobbying activities for collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital in a bid to reform transparency rules. The Opposition party wants to create an anti-sleaze committee to investigate lobbying, including the former prime minister’s activities, which would be able to summon witnesses to answer questions in public. Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves told ITV’s Good...

All that said, the government can count itself fortunate that the NHS’s vaccine programme is going so well, because the more that comes out about the Greensill affair, the murkier it all gets. All the ingredients are there: conflicts of interest; alleged breaches of the ministerial code; the potential for personal enrichment in the event that the lobbying paid off; the involvement of senior ministers, including the chancellor, Rishi Sunak. Boris Johnson has said he shares the “widespread co...