Sunak should ‘stop hiding’ from Greensill

LABOUR’S Anneliese Dodds has told the Chancellor he has “ultimate responsibility” for money lent through Government Covid support schemes, as she accused him of “hiding” from questions over the Greensill Capital affair.

The shadow chancellor has written to Rishi Sunak criticising his decision not to go to the House of Commons last week to answer questions about the controversy surrounding lobbying by former prime minister David Cameron on behalf of failed firm Greensill.

The Government instead sent a junior business minister to answer an urgent question about the issue that has engulfed Westminster, in a move that Labour said “erodes public trust and does a disservice to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer”.

Officials said Business Minister Paul Scully was chosen to respond to Tuesday’s question because Greensill was selected as a lender for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme by the British Business Bank.