David Cameron has been slammed for contacting ministers via text on behalf of finance firm Greensill, the financial backer for Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel plants and the Fort William aluminium smelter.
Cameron stood to gain from Greensill shares but has lost the potential fortune as the company sank into administration.The Tory former Prime Minister broke his silence on the controversy on Sunday, saying he should have contacted ministers through “formal” channels.Under the current guidelines, senior civil servants and ministers are banned from lobbying for two years after they leave government, a rule Cameron followed.But Brown, the last Labour Prime Minister, said new laws should be passed to stop former ministers lobbying for five years.
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