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Don't show me this message again✕ The lobbying scandal surrounding David Cameron and his work for the failed finance firm Greensill Capital has prompted a sparked a whole series of inquiries at Westminster. The former Conservative prime minister faces some difficult questions about his relationship with financier Lex Greenhill and his incredible access to ministers and officials after leaving No 10. Mr Cameron will be grilled by two separate panels of MPs on Thursday – the Treasury Committee at 2.30pm and the Public Accounts Committee at 5pm – about his intense lobbying efforts. The for...

Greensill scandal: Why is David Cameron facing an investigation? Adam Forrest © Provided by The Independent The lobbying scandal surrounding David Cameron and his work for the failed finance firm Greensill Capital has prompted a sparked a whole series of inquiries at Westminster. The former Conservative prime minister faces some difficult questions about his relationship with financier Lex Greenhill and his incredible access to ministers and officials after leaving No 10. Mr Cameron will be grilled by two separate panels of MPs on Thursday – the Treasury Committee at 2.30p...

David Cameron is to face a grilling by MPs over his lobbying activities for collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital. Questions have been mounting over the former prime minister’s efforts to secure access for the finance company, which collapsed in March putting thousands of UK steelmaking jobs at risk. Ahead of the back-to-back hearings by the Commons Treasury and Public Accounts committees, the PA news agency looks at how the controversy unfolded and what happens next. – What is the Greensill row about? Labour led calls for an inquiry after it emerged that Mr Cameron had privately lobbi...

Screen grab from parliamentlive.tv showing Lex Greensill giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee. Picture date: Tuesday May 11, 2021. Lex Greensill has apologised and said he takes "complete responsibility" for the collapse of THE financier at the heart of Westminster’s biggest lobbying scandal has denied being a fraudster as a probe was launched into “potentially criminal” acts at his collapsed bank. Lex Greensill, who hired former Tory prime minister David Cameron, told MPs he was not a crook as he testified about the failure of Greensill Capital. The Financial Conduct...

BBC News Published image copyrightReuters/Shutterstock Texts published by the Treasury Committee reveal the extent of David Cameron's lobbying for the now-collapsed firm Greensill Capital. Between 5 March and 26 June 2020, the ex-PM and his staff sent ministers and officials 45 messages on behalf of the company, including to the chancellor. The committee is examining Mr Cameron's role in trying to access government funding for the financial company. Company founder Lex Greensill appeared at the committee earlier on Tuesday. Answering questions from MPs, Mr Greensill said he bore "complete res...