{"id":111826,"date":"2021-04-12T12:25:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=111826"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:25:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:25:53","slug":"review-launched-into-greensill-capital-following-david-cameron-lobbying-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/review-launched-into-greensill-capital-following-david-cameron-lobbying-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review launched into Greensill Capital following David Cameron lobbying controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
A review is to be launched into Greensill Capital following David Cameron’s lobbying of government, Whitehall sources have confirmed to Sky News.<\/p>\n
Mr Cameron<\/strong> this weekend finally commented on the Greensill Capital controversy<\/strong> after weeks of silence.<\/p>\n
The ex-premier’s actions have come under scrutiny after he was revealed to have approached serving ministers and officials about the involvement of Greensill in government-backed financial support schemes during the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n
This included text messages sent to Chancellor Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n
Mr Cameron accepted there were “important lessons to be learnt”, adding in a statement: “As a former prime minister, I accept that communications with government need to be done through only the most formal of channels, so there can be no room for misinterpretation.”<\/p>\n
But he stressed he had broken “no codes of conduct and no government rules”.<\/p>\n
Greensill, who employed Mr Cameron after he left 10 Downing Street in 2016, collapsed into administration last month.<\/p>\n