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The Opposition said Chancellor Rishi Sunak should answer MPs’ questions on the failed finance firm, Greensill Capital.

Their intertwining careers have been “characterised by intense rivalry, but also a paradoxical co-dependence in which they have relied on each other to achieve their political ambitions”, according to Johnson’s biographer Tom Bower in an article for the Daily Mail. The newspaper’s Stephen Glover has previously claimed that when Cameron became leader of the Tories in 2005, Johnson was “shocked to his foundations that the man whom he claimed to have outshone at Eton and Oxford could ha...

Boris Johnson faced questions over whether the probe is designed to ‘rough up a rival’ given David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of the firm.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said an inquiry into failed company Greensill Capital would answer questions about supply chain finance and lobbying attempts by former Prime Minister David Cameron.

The Opposition said Chancellor Rishi Sunak should answer MPs’ questions on the failed finance firm, Greensill Capital.

Former UK prime minister contacted government on behalf of failed finance company

An independent probe into lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital by David Cameron needs to investigate why there is “one rule” for Tory politicians and another for the rest of the public, according to a senior Labour figure. Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds has been granted an urgent Commons question calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to explain how Greensill was granted access to a Covid loan scheme for businesses, putting hundreds of millions of pounds taxpayers’ money at risk. The mov...

Boris Johnson has no intention of changing the rules that allowed the former prime minister to lobby government ministers. 

Boris Johnson today said there are questions that need to be satisfied over the David Cameron Greensill lobbying row as he insisted an independent probe will be given carte blanche to ask anybody anything.  The Prime Minister said he wants a review led by Nigel Boardman to be done quickly, with the legal expert to be given maximum possible access so we can all understand exactly what has happened.     Mr Cameron has welcomed the review and said he is prepared to give evidence to it.   Do...

The Prime Minister said a review into how failed firm Greensill Capital was able to secure Government contracts will be given the “maximum possible access” to get to the bottom of what happened. Downing Street announced on Monday that senior lawyer, Nigel Boardman, has been commissioned to carry out a probe into how the specialist bank – founded by Australian financier Lex Greensill – was granted access to a Covid loan scheme for businesses, putting hundreds of millions of pounds taxpay...