Don't show me this message again✕ The former prime minister David Cameron is coming under increased pressure over his lobbying for the failed finance firm Greensill, after it emerged that he pushed the company’s case with Downing Street and health secretary Matt Hancock. Labour today demanded a ministerial statement to parliament on the extent of Mr Cameron’s efforts to exert influence within government on behalf of the company, as well as a National Audit Office inquiry into why Greensill was given access to a Treasury coronavirus support scheme offering government-backed loans of up to £50m. The supply chain finance company was rejected for the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) despite Mr Cameron repeatedly sending private texts to chancellor Rishi Sunak pleading for the scheme to be amended so Greensill could qualify.