Visitors ushered into the inner sanctum of Greensill Capital’s offices on the Strand in central London could have been forgiven for thinking they were meeting a world statesman. Behind the desk of founder Lex Greensill was a wall of photos of the Aussie son of a sugar-beet farmer in the company of political leaders including … Read more
David Cameron texted ministers and officials 62 times as he desperately lobbied for Greensill Capital, it was revealed yesterday. The former prime minister also made 11 phone calls and sent 12 emails to some of the most senior figures in the Government and the Bank of England during the four-month bombardment. He even turned to … Read more
An embattled Sir Keir Starmer tonight rearranged his deckchairs as he chopped and changed his shadow cabinet in a make-or-break reshuffle. In a bold, but not unexpected move, the stumbling Labour leader demoted party favourite Anneliese Dodds from the key role of shadow chancellor. He replaced her with Oxford educated former Bank of England worker … Read more
David Cameron will be grilled by MPs next week over the Greensill lobbying row Finance boss Lex Greensill to appear before the Treasury committee on Tuesday Paid advisor David Cameron urged Rishi Sunak to lend millions to Greensill firm Company subsequently filed for insolvency, threatening thousands of UK jobs By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 … Read more
British economy to grow at fastest rate since WWII: Bank of England significantly upgrades growth forecast for 2021 to 7.25% – up from 5% – after jab rollout success and lockdown easing By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:18 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 12:35 BST, 6 May 2021 Advertisement The Bank of England … Read more
The lobbying scandal dramatically deepened yesterday as it emerged that David Cameron repeatedly contacted one of the most senior figures in the Bank of England on behalf of Greensill Capital. The former prime minister also texted the Treasury’s top civil servant as part of a ‘persistent’ campaign by the finance firm, for which he was … Read more
David Cameron, his financier boss Lex Greensill and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be grilled by MPs over the lobbying scandal, it was confirmed last night. The Treasury Committee said it will ask all three to appear in person during its inquiry into the Government’s dealings with failed finance firm Greensill Capital. Chairman Mel Stride said … Read more
Senior treasury officials offered to try to redesign a coronavirus business support scheme to help David Cameron, it has emerged. It comes as the former Prime Minister has been embroiled in controversy over texts asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support his employer Greensill Capital. Top officials went on to try to find a way for … Read more
Five are arrested after activists launched fake oil attack on the Bank of England in an Extinction Rebellion ‘April Fool’s prank’ Members of Extinction Rebellion sprayed fake oil over the Bank of England Covered outside in substance made of mixture of black pond dye and guar gum The City of London police attended the demonstration … Read more
It is an enigma worthy of our greatest code breaker. Britain’s spy centre has devised its ‘toughest ever’ quiz to celebrate Alan Turing becoming the new face of the £50 note by the Bank of England. If that was not enough for keen cryptographers, the note itself also contains a number of coded references to … Read more