Labour shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds (bottom right) and the SNP s Treasury spokesperson Alison Thewliss had questions for Rishi Sunak that went largely unanswered FOLLOWING an announcement by Downing Street that an independent review of Greensill Capital will take place, an urgent question was lodged in the Commons for Rishi Sunak to answer today, but he was nowhere to be seen. It was recently revealed that Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, received private text messages from former Tory prime minister David Cameron on behalf of financial firm Greensill Capital and its founder Lex Greensill. Cameron had been attempting to get access to the Government s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) and potentially millions in taxpayers money.
Boris Johnson has announced a review into Greensil Capital after it was revealed former Tory prime minister David Cameron lobbied government for big Covid contracts AN independent review into collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital has been commissioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The firm, which former Tory prime minister David Cameron unsuccessfully lobbied current UK Government ministers for coronavirus contracts, filed for administration in March after insurers refused to renew contracts covering its loans to companies like Liberty, which employs about 5000 people in the UK. Downing Street announced that lawyer Nigel Boardman will lead the probe, which will examine how government contracts were secured by the company and the actions of Cameron.
Letters
Hannah Bardell said that if any group should face a curfew on the basis of their sex following the murder of a woman, it should be men IT is sadly ironic that Julia Pannell (Letters, March 16) condemns the only political party in the UK that has seriously attempted to progress government complaints procedures to enable a former minister to be held to account for alleged sexual harassment when in office. Simplistically supposing that inserting the word “sex” in the long-debated Hate Crime Bill would have solved fundamental aspects of a deep-rooted problem in our society not only ignores the fact that the passing of the bill affording greater protections to minorities would probably have been delayed even longer, if it had passed at all, but also would likely have delayed the day when women in Scotland feel they can walk alone at night without fear of sexual harassment or attack.
Anas Sarwar gave what was billed as his first major speech as Scottish Labour leader this morning ANAS Sarwar has said that the Tories are the biggest threat to the Union, rejecting the idea that Douglas Ross s party is the safest anti-independence vote. Speaking at a question and answer session after he gave what was billed as his first “major” speech as Scottish Labour leader, Sarwar claimed the Tories are the reason why our country is so divided . He said that the SNP and the Conservatives are two sides of the same coin , adding that both parties “want to focus on division”.
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