A dressed-down David Cameron left his London home today as he braces for a grilling from MPs over his lobbying for collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital. The former PM is facing hours of gruelling back-to-back hearings with the Commons Treasury and Public Accounts committees as he defends his activities. Earlier this week the Treasury Committee released … Read more
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
Lex Greensill will be grilled on David Cameron lobbying TODAY: Former Prime Minister faces fresh embarrassment as financier speaks out for the first time since scandal erupted David Cameron braced for fresh embarrassment as his financier boss will speak Lex Greensill has not spoken publicly since the collapse of his lending firm It triggered a … 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
Ex-prime minister David Cameron has ‘all but abandoned’ plans for a £750million UK-China investment fund amid rapidly cooling relationship between London and Beijing Mr Cameron had high hopes of launching £750m UK-China investment fund It would capitalise on Beijing’s ever increasing economic might But four years after first being mentioned the scheme has been put … Read more
Ex-prime minister David Cameron has ‘all but abandoned’ plans for a £750million UK-China investment fund amid rapidly cooling relationship between London and Beijing Mr Cameron had high hopes of launching £750m UK-China investment fund It would capitalise on Beijing’s ever increasing economic might But four years after first being mentioned the scheme has been put … Read more
Lex Greensill’s appointment to Downing Street role was a ‘screaming, glaring conflict of interest’, Whitehall official admits Mr Greensill was given a pass a= to enter No 10 when he was advising Cameron He had Downing Street business cards calling himself a ‘senior adviser’ His appointment was a ‘glaring conflict of interest’, a top Whitehall … Read more
The 10-year anniversary of Prince William‘s marriage to Kate Middleton is set to be marked by a new BBC documentary. The special documentary, set to air on BBC One on April 30, will hear from a number of contributors about the wedding. Figures such as David Cameron and former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams … Read more
Greensill Capital was reportedly considering a £22billion stock market flotation that could have landed former prime minister David Cameron £200million. It came just weeks before Mr Cameron launched an intense lobbying campaign to garner government support for Greensill. The £22billion figure, which dwarfed previous estimates, was revealed by its bankers Credit Suisse in a presentation … Read more