Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Cameron faces questions over Greensill’s card
DAVID Cameron last night faced further questions over his links to scandal-hit banker Lex Greensill after a business card emerged naming him as a ‘Senior Advisor” to No10.
The business card, thought to date back to Mr Cameron’s time as Prime Minister, shows Mr Greensill had an official Downing Street email address and direct landline phone number.
Labour says Mr Greensill handed the business card to a figure in the finance industry sometime in 2012, shortly after he was appointed as a “Supply Chain Finance Advisor”.
Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: “This raises further serious questions about the special access Lex Greensill was granted to the heart of government. The public have a right to know what happened here – we need a full, transparent and thorough investigation.”
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has reportedly indicated it would consider submissions by Labour over Mr Cameron’s dealings with the Australian whose company recently collapsed. However, it does not investigate individual cases and will only review the systems for upholding standards.
Mr Greensill was the main backer of Liberty Steel, which employs around 5,000 workers in the UK.
Mr Cameron was cleared by the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists after he was said to have privately urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to offer financial support to Greensill Capital through Covid loan schemes.
The watchdog said Mr Cameron was not required to declare himself on the register of lobbyists because he was employed by the firm as an adviser.
Labour is demanding an inquiry after Mr Greensill was reportedly awarded a security pass for 11 departments to promote a financial product.
Mr Cameron and Mr Greensill also reportedly went on a camping trip in Saudi
Arabia with ruler
FINANCIER Greensill
Mohammed Bin Salman a year after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Standards Committee chair Lord Evans, the former boss of MI5, made it clear that the watchdog did not investigate individual cases but indicated it would carry out a broader review of the systems for upholding standards of conduct.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng insisted Mr Cameron’s dealings with the firm had been addressed. He said: “I think people have looked at this. As far as I know David Cameron did absolutely nothing wrong, everything was above board”.
Mr Cameron’s office has been contacted for comment. Greensill administrators were reached but said they would not comment.
LIBERTY AID MUST STAY IN UK: P22/23
ADVISER Cameron