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Senior civil servants must declare second jobs, Case tells perm secs amid Greensill row
Case wrote to perm secs after revelation former top official Bill Crothers was a part-time adviser to the firm
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Senior civil servants have until the end of the week to declare any second jobs outside government, the cabinet secretary, Simon Case has said as a lobbying row continues to gather steam.
Case wrote to permanent secretaries this week saying there is “acute concern” about issues brought to light in an ongoing scandal in which it emerged former prime minister David Cameron lobbied cabinet ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital.
A former Home Office boss has said he was “absolutely amazed” to learn a top civil servant was allowed to work as a part-time adviser at Greensill Capital while still in Whitehall and called for more scrutiny of Civil Service hires.
Sir David Normington, who led the department for five years until 2011, said it is “essential” for the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which scrutinises appointments of top civil servants when they leave Whitehall, to sign-off on new moves.
It comes after it emerged that former head of government procurement Bill Crothers began working for Greensill as a part-time adviser to the board in September 2015 – in a move approved by the Cabinet Office – and did not leave his role as Government chief commercial officer until November that year.
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David Cameron s Austerity Agenda Was Very Successful , Says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Commons leader praises under-fire former Conservative prime minister.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed David Cameron was a “very successful prime minister” whose austerity agenda “succeeded”.
The former Tory PM has been engulfed in scandal after it emerged he had been lobbying ministers on behalf of finance firm Greensill Capital.
There are now seven separate inquiries being conducted into links between government ministers, civil service officials and the private sector.
Asked about the row in the Commons on Thursday, Rees-Mogg defended Cameron.
“I think it’s a mistake to rush to judgment, particularly in relation to David Cameron who was a very successful prime minister who succeeded in getting the nation’s finances back in order,” he said.