How David Cameron ducked signing list of lobbyists: Former Prime Minister comes under more heat as it emerges he avoided declaring his lobbying activities Emerged former Tory PM David Cameron dodged declaring lobbying activities Demands for inquiry over texts Cameron sent to Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year Revealed today he is not on any of … 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
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 Trump revokes his own rules preventing White House staff from lobbying in one of his final acts as President Trump rescinded his own 2017 executive order in the early hours of Wednesday The order had prevented federal administration employees from lobbying or working for foreign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
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
Tory MP David Morris is ordered to apologise after lobbying for Russian’s company after £10k donation Tory MP David Morris accepted £10k donation from energy firm Aquind last year Shortly after, he asked a question in the Commons that ‘sought to benefit’ the company Inquiry ruled the MP had inadvertently breached the code of conduct By John … Read more
Revealed: Lobbying firm with close links to Beijing gained access to influential UK figures including George Osborne and Prince Andrew Hampton Group was founded by a former Chinese government official MPs claimed its activities was evidence of ‘subtle, troubling behaviour by China’ The club insists it is independent and acts purely in the UK’s national interest … Read more
It seems controversial tycoon Richard Desmond has a track record for clumsy efforts to lobby the Tories, and Boris Johnson in particular. In 2009, the then owner of the Express newspaper group had a bee in his bonnet about the then Mayor of London’s cycle hire scheme because of plans for a rental station outside his … Read more
Tom Watson is accused of ‘lobbying by tweet for pal’s £60,000 music job’ before the post had been formally advertised (and the ex-Labour deputy leader beat 79 others to get the role) The former Labour leader beat 79 other applicants for the chair of UK Music Before being appointed he tweeted a number of times … Read more