Greensill apologises for his firm s collapse as he blames it on insurer : CityAM cityam.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cityam.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
To improve the performance of our website, show the most relevant news products and targeted advertising, we collect technical impersonal information about you, including through the tools of our partners. You can find a detailed description of how we use your data in our Privacy Policy. For a detailed description of the technologies, please see the Cookie and Automatic Logging Policy.
By clicking on the Accept & Close button, you provide your explicit consent to the processing of your data to achieve the above goal.
You can withdraw your consent using the method specified in the Privacy Policy.
Accept & Close
Sputnik International
All living Prime Ministers out of politics set to give evidence at lobbying inquiry
Former Prime Ministers Gordon Brown (L), Tony Blair (2L), David Cameron (2R) and John Major (R) during a memorial service for Lord Ashdown at Westminster Abbey on September 10, 2019 (Getty Images)
Every living former Prime Minister that is not still involved in Westminster politics will be asked to give evidence at a major parliamentary inquiry into lobbying and anti-corruption.
The probe is set to be announced tomorrow and it will be ran by Westminster’s Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs committee (PACAC).
David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Sir John Major will all be asked to attend a public session of the inquiry.
Prime Minister s deputy chief of staff faces conflict of interest accusations
Baroness Finn became a Conservative peer in 2015 and is the co-founder of consultancy group FMAP Limited (via gov.uk)
Boris Johnson’s deputy chief of staff is facing accusations of a potential conflict of interest amid a lobbying scandal that has engulfed the Conservative party.
Baroness Finn, who was appointed to her role in February, holds a 35 per cent stake in a company that advises governments including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kazakhstan.
FMAP Limited currently has more than £1.1m in assets, according to the company’s latest accounts.
The consultancy firm, which was set up by former Cabinet Office minister Lord Maude in 2018, “works with governments to help them save money,” according to its website.
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 response to lobbying in relation to Greensill Capital”.
It comes as the government today defeated a Labour bid to force the government to conduct a Westminster-led inquiry into the lobbying scandal.