UK lobbying scandal balloons
After Greensill collapsed this March, a series of investigations by the
Times and
Financial Times revealed that Cameron had become an advisor for the company in 2018 and tried to use his political and personal connections to secure government financial backing. Cameron reportedly held millions of pounds’ worth of shares in the operation. Founder Lex Greensill had been a special advisor to the Tory government under Cameron, where he used his position to push a policy which benefited his company.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaking at a government Covid-19 press conference inside No10 Downing Street (credit: picture by Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street Flickr)
The moles - Labour-sympathising civil servants - are believed to have played a key role in triggering the lobbying scandal over former UK PM David Cameron.
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The government must fully investigate allegations against ministers or risk damaging public trust, warns a peer.
The chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Lord Evans, told BBC Radio 4 s Week in Westminster a number of allegations in the past year haven t been completely investigated .
He would not name specific cases, but warned leaving things unresolved would be very corrosive .
Lord Evans comments come as Westminster is embroiled in a row over lobbying.
A number of inquiries have been launched into the activities of former Prime Minister David Cameron, who contacted ministers while working for the now-failed finance firm Greensill Capital.
Matt Hancock failed to declare family connections to company that won NHS contracts
Topwood Ltd provided waste disposal services to Health Service in 2019 when it was owned by Health Secretary s sister and mother
16 April 2021 • 1:45pm
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, did not declare his connections to a company owned by close family members despite it being awarded a place on a framework to provide services to the NHS in England.
Topwood Ltd secured a deal to provide waste disposal services to the Health Service in 2019 when it was owned by his sister Emily Gilruth and mother Shirley Carter, the Health Service Journal reported.