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...The case is one of several criminal investigations related to the collapse of Greensill Capital, a specialist in so-called supply-chain finance that counted former UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser...
...This week he met foreign secretary David Cameron to discuss his father’s case. Last month 10 Catholic bishops signed a petition demanding the release of Lai, a devout Catholic....
...Meanwhile ex-cabinet minister Owen Paterson quit as a Conservative MP in 2021 after parliament’s standards commissioner found that he had committed an “egregious breach of paid advocacy” on behalf of two...
...Smooth-talking former watermelon farmer Lex Greensill, who enlisted ex-UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser, used the money in the funds to buy so-called receivables, a form of corporate invoice...
...key insurance policy was one of the main factors that hastened the demise of Greensill last year, triggering a sprawling financial and political scandal that engulfed former British prime minister David Cameron...
...The Swiss bank provided the loan in October 2020, less than five months before the collapse of Greensill, a supply chain finance company that counted former UK prime minister David Cameron as a senior adviser...
...Another breach of an explicit financial rule, namely the ban on MPs’ lobbying that dates back to 1695, undid MPs Scott Benton and Owen Paterson....
...Founded by Australian financier Lex Greensill and advised by former UK prime minister David Cameron, Greensill imploded in early 2021 after it failed to extend the terms of its insurance....
...So this is the second time that Sarah Owens has resigned from the front bench. She resigned over spy cops, ditto Dan Carden. Lucy FisherRemind us who Sarah Owens is....
...Earlier this year professor Ross Cameron from Sheffield University argued that sustainable urban gardens’ contribution to combating climate change is so important that council or water tax cuts should be...
...(Amusingly, Cameron later tried to enlist CIC in a failed private equity venture after leaving office)....
...The trial, which is being held without a jury and for which the court has set aside 80 days, was delayed for months after Hong Kong’s government barred Lai’s defence lawyer, UK barrister Tim Owen, in late...
...Meanwhile, ex-cabinet minister Owen Paterson quit as a Tory MP in 2021 after parliament’s standards commissioner found he had broken lobbying rules in an “egregious case of paid advocacy” on behalf of two...
...The US, UK and European parliament have called for Lai’s release, with UK foreign secretary David Cameron saying he was “gravely concerned” about Lai’s “politically motivated prosecution”....
...Greensill was founded by Lex Greensill, a former banker who frequently touted his humble origins growing up on an Australian watermelon farm, and counted former UK prime minister David Cameron as one of...
...Owen Meredith, chief executive of the News Media Association trade body, said it was “absolutely right” that the government was planning to scrap the law....
...The Swiss bank provided the loan in October 2020, less than five months before the collapse of Greensill, a supply chain finance firm that counted former UK prime minister David Cameron as a senior adviser...
...Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR has promoted Jeff Wright to managing director and Cameron Rouzer to principal....
...Before then prime minister David Cameron imposing an annual limit of two “expert” cross-benchers a decade ago, Holac appointed on average five peers per year....
...Johnson’s list of life peers includes Charlotte Owen, a former special adviser and now Britain’s youngest member of the Lords, who was born in 1993 and whose only experience of work has been a series of...
...Additional reporting by Owen Walker in Londonhttps://twitter.com/sajidjavid/status/1598635665737928705...
...The findings will add to concern about rules around lobbying done by MPs and ministers in the wake of the Owen Paterson sleaze scandal....
...Department of Health and Social Care of failing to “show any evidence of taking any care” over potential conflicts of interest, despite officials being aware of contacts between former Conservative minister Owen...
...Harold Wilson did it; David Cameron famously bought off the peg when he didn’t need to....
...Greensill collapsed in March last year, triggering a financial and political scandal that engulfed David Cameron, the former prime minister who advised the supply chain finance firm....
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