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David Cameron and Lex Greensill to be quizzed by MPs
Failed finance firm Greensill s founder and former PM face questions about attempts to secure Covid loans
David Cameron and Lex Greensill during a trip to Saudi Arabia
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron and Lex Greensill will appear before MPs to account for the failure of finance firm Greensill and its lobbying of government before it imploded.
Mr Cameron was an adviser to the firm, which was founded by Mr Greensill and which supplied credit to companies such as GFG, the sprawling conglomerate controlled by industrials entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta.
The details had been murky, but this week more started to emerge: reports now suggest that Conservative Party funds were used to pay the bill for the refurbishment at Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat nine months ago. At the centre of the new report is David Brownlow, otherwise known as Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row, who was revealed by the Daily Mail to have paid the Tory party £58,000 towards the cost of the makeover. Leaked emails from.
26 Apr 2021
Former Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly lobbied then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in 2017 to secure government approval for a $1 billion Chinese investment deal.
Mr Cameron who has recently been embroiled in a lobbying scandal involving government contracts secured during the Chinese coronavirus crisis for Greensill Capital has been revealed to have allegedly used his government connections to gain approval for an investment pact with Chinese partners.
In 2017, Cameron held a meeting with Chancellor Hammond to discuss the formation of the $1 billion (£718 million) UK-China Fund, of which the former Tory prime minister was set to become the vice-chairman, according to correspondence obtained by
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s lobbying for a finance firm has been defended by a Government minister and described as ‘acceptable’. Environment Secretary George Eustace says existing rules for lobbyists are ‘quite robust’ but that tweaks may be possible. This comes as further details have emerged of David Cameron’s efforts on behalf of Grensill.