ANDREW PIERCE: Even Lord Freud couldn’t analyse tricky Theresa By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 23:34 BST, 18 July 2021 | Updated: 23:43 BST, 18 July 2021 After Theresa May voted against a three-line whip for the first time in 24 years as an MP by joining last week’s Tory revolt against a … Read more
Boris Johnson appoints former Bullingdon Club contemporary of his to independent watchdog that oversees and advises him on ethics in public life Ewen Fergusson to join the Government’s Committee on Standards in Public Life The City lawyer will join Professor Gillian Peele on independent watchdog that oversees and advises the Prime Minister’s office on ethics in … Read more
Ten ‘wasted years’ on social care: Charities urge Boris Johnson to fix broken system now as poll shows four in five people want Prime Minister to fulfil his promise A poll found four in five want Boris Johnson to fulfil his promise to ‘fix’ social care Charities asked the public to contact MPs to express … Read more
Ex-PM David Cameron admits using private jet belonging to financier Lex Greensill ‘a handful of times’ but says he paid tax ‘appropriately’ for travelling in comfort Ex-premier said he used Lex Greensill’s jet ‘a handful of times’, in letter to MPs Multiple investigations into his lobbying of senior ministers are underway Australian firm Greensill Capital … Read more
When Sajid Javid comes to write his memoirs there will doubtless be the usual praise for the three prime ministers who set him on the ladder of his political journey. From David Cameron to Boris Johnson via Theresa May, each have played their part in promoting the ambitious son of an immigrant bus driver. But … Read more
George Osborne has ANOTHER job! Ex-Chancellor is elected as chairman of British Museum… while still heading Northern Powerhouse Partnership and partner at financial consultancy (after quitting as Evening Standard editor) George Osborne is joining the board of the British Museum as its chairman Former chancellor will succeed Sir Richard Lambert as chair on October 4 … Read more
Lobbying rules should be legally enforceable and ex-ministers who break them should face fines, says standards watchdog in wake of David Cameron Greensill row Committee on Standards in Public Life has published report on lobbying rules It recommends rules on ex-minister business appointments should be put in law Also calls for PM’s adviser on ministers’ … Read more
Independent standards watchdog ‘will recommend up to five year lobbying ban for ministers when they leave power’ in wake of David Cameron Greensill row Independent Committee on Standards in Public Life making recommendations The watchdog is set to call for lobbying ban for ex-ministers of up to five years Proposed changes come in wake of … Read more
After leaving No 10 in fairly ignominious fashion having failed over Brexit, Theresa May was praised for her commitment to public service by remaining as a backbench MP. What a different tone, some felt, she struck from Tony Blair and his pursuit of riches, or David Cameron‘s toe-curling attempts at lobbying. Most MPs assumed the … Read more
Even in the deepest, darkest swamps of the Amazon rainforest, can there be an eel as slithery, as slippery, as David Cameron? The ex-prime minister was grilled yesterday by the Treasury committee over his involvement in Greensill, the defunct lender on whose behalf he sent all those creepy-crawly texts. Pinning the former PM down was like … Read more