Rishi Sunak released messages he sent to former prime minister David Cameron tonight amid a furious lobbying row involving collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital. The Treasury released the Chancellor’s texts after a freedom of information request into efforts by the ex-Tory leader to contact ministers in search of millions of pounds of extra Covid rescue … Read more
Rishi Sunak broke his silence over the David Cameron lobbying row today with a swipe at the former Tory prime minister. The Chancellor did not deny that Mr Cameron directly contacted him seeking million in Covid aid cash to help bail out financier Greensill Capital before it went bust. But in a cutting comment he … Read more
Rishi Sunak broke his silence over the David Cameron lobbying row today with a swipe at the former Tory prime minister. The Chancellor did not deny that Mr Cameron directly contacted him seeking million in Covid aid cash to help bail out financier Greensill Capital before it went bust. But in a cutting comment he … Read more
A tycoon at the centre of a lobbying scandal engulfing David Cameron was given extraordinary access to No10 and struck a controversial NHS deal reportedly rejected by civil servants which profited banks. Australian financier Lex Greensill was allegedly granted a security pass and team of civil servants during Mr Cameron’s time in Downing Street so … Read more
A tycoon at the centre of a lobbying scandal engulfing David Cameron was given extraordinary access to No10 and struck a controversial NHS deal reportedly rejected by civil servants which profited banks. Australian financier Lex Greensill was allegedly granted a security pass and team of civil servants during Mr Cameron’s time in Downing Street so … Read more
David Cameron’s personally lobbying on behalf of stricken financial firm Greensill is arrogance of power unbecoming an ex-PM, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:59 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 19 March 2021 The political fallout from the collapse of London-based global finance group Greensill Capital has … Read more
David Cameron’s personally lobbying on behalf of stricken financial firm Greensill is arrogance of power unbecoming an ex-PM, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:59 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 19 March 2021 The political fallout from the collapse of London-based global finance group Greensill Capital has … Read more
Myanmar’s military junta has paid $2million to a Canadian lobbying firm to help ‘explain the real situation’ in the strife-torn country it emerged today. The top brass have recruited former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe and his Montreal-based firm Dickens and Madson to help press their case overseas, including in the United States and at … Read more
So much for ‘draining the swamp’! Trump revokes his own rules preventing White House staff from lobbying in one of his final acts as President Trump rescinded his own 2017 executive order in the early hours of Wednesday The order had prevented federal administration employees from lobbying or working for foreign countries after leaving their … Read more
As the Unites States prepares to usher in Joe Biden as the 46th president, the current commander-in-chief has been spending some of his remaining time in office looking over a list of people to potentially pardon or commute their sentences. Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, who has been working closely with a couple of activists with … Read more