A tycoon at the centre of a lobbying scandal engulfing David Cameron was given extraordinary access to No10 and struck a controversial NHS deal reportedly rejected by civil servants which profited banks. Australian financier Lex Greensill was allegedly granted a security pass and team of civil servants during Mr Cameron’s time in Downing Street so … Read more
David Cameron CLEARED by lobbying watchdog over ‘texts to Rishi Sunak asking for millions in Covid loans’ for Greensill Capital before it collapsed into administration Ex-Tory leader faced a probe over text messages he was reported to have sent His activities were investigated by registrar of consultant lobbyists Post set up in legislation passed by … Read more
David Cameron texted Rishi Sunak lobbying him to grant hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded loans to stricken financial firm Greensill before it went bust The former prime minister is said to have texted the Chancellor’s private mobile Mr Sunak ignored most of the messages and instead referred him to officials Labour called for an inquiry … Read more
David Cameron’s personally lobbying on behalf of stricken financial firm Greensill is arrogance of power unbecoming an ex-PM, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:59 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 19 March 2021 The political fallout from the collapse of London-based global finance group Greensill Capital has … Read more
Myanmar’s military junta has paid $2million to a Canadian lobbying firm to help ‘explain the real situation’ in the strife-torn country it emerged today. The top brass have recruited former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe and his Montreal-based firm Dickens and Madson to help press their case overseas, including in the United States and at … Read more
So much for ‘draining the swamp’! Trump revokes his own rules preventing White House staff from lobbying in one of his final acts as President Trump rescinded his own 2017 executive order in the early hours of Wednesday The order had prevented federal administration employees from lobbying or working for foreign countries after leaving their … Read more
As the Unites States prepares to usher in Joe Biden as the 46th president, the current commander-in-chief has been spending some of his remaining time in office looking over a list of people to potentially pardon or commute their sentences. Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, who has been working closely with a couple of activists with … Read more
Nigel Farage hails Boris as ‘the man who finished the job’ as PM begins lobbying hardline Brexiteers before his deal heads for the Commons Boris Johnson spoke to senior members of the European Research Group on Christmas Eve in a bid to persuade them to back the Brexit agreement Nigel Farage hailed the agreement, declaring … Read more
‘My wife’s been lobbying me about opening the beauty industry’: Rishi Sunak apologises for the delay in getting salons back up and running following the first lockdown after the government was accused of misogyny Rishi Sunak revealed his wife has been ‘lobbying’ him about the beauty industry Chancellor of the Exchequer reflected on reopening salons … Read more
George Stephanopoulos’ ‘reps are lobbying’ for him to ‘be the next host of Jeopardy!’ in new report… after Alex Trebek died at age 80 from pancreatic cancer By Sarah Sotoodeh and Dusica Sue Malesevic and Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail.com Published: 20:26 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 20:36 GMT, 9 November 2020 George Stephanopoulos’ reps … Read more