Live events: UK to launch pilot insurance scheme as part of sport and culture reopening April 14, 2021 Live events: UK to launch pilot insurance scheme as part of sport and culture reopening
Treasury Select Committee launches inquiry into Greensill Capital scandal April 14, 2021 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 [...]
Keir Starmer hits out at ‘return of Tory sleaze’ over Greensill scandal April 14, 2021 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of overseeing a “return of Tory sleaze” over the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal. Starmer told MPs today that the government needed to “overhaul the whole broken [lobbying] system”, while also calling for a full Westminster-led inquiry into Greensill Capital’s links with ministers. Labour is introducing an [...]
Britain has a productivity problem – but we have the tools to solve it April 14, 2021 Budgets come and go. There is a huge buildup, the papers are filled with speculation and leaks, and in the days before excitement in Westminster reaches fever pitch. It is one of the few times when you will find all backbench MPs avidly reading government documents in detail because they know the details matter. Most [...]
Brexit: We must use EU divorce to slash tariffs for developing nations and boost UK trade, says PM adviser April 13, 2021 Brexit: We must use EU divorce to slash tariffs for developing nations and boost UK trade, says PM adviser
Labour turns up pressure on Rishi Sunak over his role in Greensill Capital scandal April 13, 2021 Labour is calling for Boris Johnson to conduct a more thorough inquiry into the David Cameron lobbying scandal, with Anneliese Dodds today also calling for Rishi Sunak to answer questions over his contact with Greensill Capital. The shadow chancellor criticised Sunak for not answering questions in parliament today about how Greensill Capital was allowed to [...]
Boris Johnson wants to ‘understand intention’ behind David Cameron lobbying April 13, 2021 Boris Johnson has today said a review into the David Cameron lobbying scandal will seek to “understand what the intention was” behind efforts to implement supply chain financing into government departments. Johnson yesterday launched an independent review into Cameron’s efforts to lobby ministers on behalf of failed finance supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital. The [...]
Credit Suisse pays out another $1.7bn of fund assets linked to Greensill April 13, 2021 Credit Suisse is set to pay out another $1.7bn of funds linked to the now collapsed Greensill Capital. It takes the total distribution to $4.8bn so far, the bank said, following an earlier payout of $3.1bn. The Swiss bank has been mired in controversy in recent weeks due to its exposure to the collapse of [...]
David Cameron ‘open to questions’ over Greensill lobbying April 13, 2021 David Cameron has said he will cooperate with a government inquiry into a lobbying row linked to collapsed finance firm Greensill. Boris Johnson yesterday announced an independent review into the way the former prime minister lobbied health secretary Matt Hancock and chancellor Rishi Sunak on behalf of Greensill and how contracts were awarded. The inquiry [...]
David Cameron ‘accepts’ contact with government should be done through ‘formal channels’ April 11, 2021 David Cameron has broken his silence on his role in lobbying the government on behalf of failed Greensill Capital, saying he “accepts” communication with the government “needs to be done through only the most formal of channels”. Cameron, who was a senior adviser at Greensill, denied any wrongdoing and said “I was breaking no codes [...]