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The Lobbying Act is as leaky as a sieve – this is how to stop Whitehall 'sleaze'


The Lobbying Act is as leaky as a sieve – this is how to stop Whitehall ‘sleaze’
Vince Cable
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I suspect that the public will be underwhelmed by the report that parliament and the government have initiated no fewer than six inquiries into what appears to the outsider to be rampant corruption in Whitehall.
Part of the problem is one of language. You don’t hear the word “corruption”. Instead, there is something called “sleaze”. But sleaze covers a multitude of sins. These include: offering and taking bribes for personal or party purposes (clearly illegal but with murky arrears like peerages for party donations); fraud (illegal but difficult to prove); fiddling expenses (technically theft but with a lot of grey areas); facilitating access to decision-makers through “contacts” (legal but controversial, as with David Cameron); various forms of legal but unseemly behaviour (bullying, leaking confidential ....

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David Cameron lobbied Bank of England at least six times over Greensill Capital


David Cameron lobbied Bank of England at least six times over Greensill Capital
Mirror
12 hrs ago
Lizzy Buchan & Mikey Smith
David Cameron contacted the Bank of England at least six times to lobby on behalf of his employer Lex Greensill, new documents show.
Emails released under Freedom of Information rules show the Tory ex-Prime Minister repeatedly attempted to persuade the Bank to extend support to Greensill Capital, where he worked as a paid adviser.
It comes as the Treasury s top official revealed that the doomed firm had persistently lobbied to join the Government s Covid support schemes.
Sir Tom Scholar, the Treasury permanent secretary, told the Public Accounts Committee that Mr Cameron had rung him personally sent some text messages to demand Covid help. ....

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What is the ministerial code and does it need to be updated?


Boris Johnson personally promised Sir James Dyson he would “fix” an issue over the tax status of his employees after being directly lobbied by the entrepreneur, it has been reported.
Labour has claimed there is “evidence” the Prime Minister may have breached the ministerial code with the exchanges regarding ventilators at the height of the coronavirus crisis, which were revealed by the BBC.
It comes amid intense controversy at Westminster over lobbying following the disclosures of David Cameron’s activities on behalf of the failed finance firm, Greensill Capital.
But what is the ministerial code and what are some of the criticisms of it? ....

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