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BORIS JOHNSON admitted during Prime Minister’s Questions today that it is not clear whether the boundaries between civil servants and business have been “properly understood.” Amid the ongoing Greensill scandal, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked the Prime Minister if he believes that the current lobbying rules are fit for purpose.  Mr Johnson responded that, while he shares the widespread concern, he thinks civil servants engaging with business and experiencing the private sector �...

Boris Johnson 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”. 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 Wh...

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...

MPs voted to reject Labour plans for a parliamentary inquiry into lobbying in the wake of revelations around David Cameron and Greensill.

There are “serious, legitimate concerns” about the Greensill lobbying saga and any Government minister who breached the ministerial code should resign, the Scottish Conservative leader has said. Douglas Ross welcomed Downing Street’s announcement of a review into how the collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital was given Government support amid lobbying by former prime minister David Cameron. Senior lawyer Nigel Boardman will examine how the specialist bank – founded by Australian fin...

A second of David Camerons mandarins was allowed to work for both business and Whitehall at the same time, it emerged last night. Sir John Manzoni kept his £100,000 directorship with drinks giant SABMiller after he was appointed chief executive of the Civil Service. The revelation came as the countrys top civil servant demanded to know how many other officials are also working in the private sector. Sir John Manzoni (pictured) kept his £100,000 directorship with drinks giant SABMiller after h...

The cross-party Treasury Committee has agreed to investigate the collapse of Greensill Capital and the lobbying of ministers.

By Press Association 2021 David Cameron makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London, before leaving for Buckingham Palace to resign as prime minister (PA) A powerful Commons committee will investigate the collapse of Greensill Capital and the way Rishi Sunak’s Treasury responded to lobbying for the firm by David Cameron. The announcement of an investigation by the cross-party Treasury Committee, which will officially launch next w...

First published on Wed 14 Apr 2021 15.29 EDT The UK cabinet secretary has ordered civil servants to urgently disclose any conflicts of interest amid what he called “acute concern” following the revelation that a senior official worked for Greensill while in government. The instruction from Simon Case, head of the civil service, came as Conservative MPs voted to block a broader inquiry into the lobbying scandal surrounding the financial services firm Greensill. But in a sign ministers were ...

Labour shadow minister Rachel Reeves A review of David Cameron’s lobbying ordered by Boris Johnson is being run by a “friend of the Conservative government” and will be a “whitewash”, Labour has said.  Shadow Cabinet Office minister Rachel Reeves hit out at the investigation led by lawyer Nigel Boardman, as allegations of “Tory cronyism” mount over the government’s relationship with finance firm Greensill Capital.  It was revealed on Wednesday a civil service chief took a job ...