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April 10, 2021
LONDON: Calls for an investigation have been made after Rishi Sunak revealed he “pushed” officials to consider plans that could have helped a firm David Cameron was lobbying for.
Labour also questioned whether the Chancellor had broken the ministerial code, while the SNP urged Sunak to appear before Parliament next week to “set the record straight” over his full exchanges with Cameron.
Sunak had said the former prime minister “reached out informally by telephone” to him, as well as Economic Secretary John Glen and Financial Secretary Jesse Norman, over Covid support for the collapsed finance company Greensill Capital.
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(Bloomberg) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak came under pressure to explain his conduct after revealing he âpushedâ his officials to consider helping Greensill Capital following a request from former Prime Minster David Cameron.
Sunak told Cameron he had asked his team to look at ways to give Greensill access to the stateâs pandemic corporate support program last year, according to text messages released Thursday by the government. He was responding to a direct approach by the former prime minister, a lobbyist for the since-collapsed Greensill.
Calls for an investigation have been made after Rishi Sunak revealed he “pushed” officials to consider plans that could have helped a firm David Cameron was lobbying for.
Labour also questioned whether the Chancellor had broken the ministerial code, while the SNP urged Mr Sunak to appear before Parliament next week to “set the record straight” over his full exchanges with Mr Cameron.
Mr Sunak had said the former prime minister “reached out informally by telephone” to him, as well as Economic Secretary John Glen and Financial Secretary Jesse Norman, over Covid support for the collapsed finance company Greensill Capital.