Health Secretary Matt Hancock dragged into Cameron-Greensill lobbying controversy
Former Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013
DAVID CAMERON took scandal-hit financier Lex Greensill for a “private drink” with Health Secretary Matt Hancock to discuss a payment scheme which was later rolled out in the NHS, reports claim.
The Sunday Times reported that the Treasury reconsidered Mr Greensill’s application for an emergency coronavirus loan after the former prime minister messaged a senior adviser to Boris Johnson.
Mr Cameron was said to have described the decision to exclude his employer’s firm, Greensill Capital, from the multibillion-pound scheme as “nuts” and pressed for the Chancellor to reconsider.
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