David Cameron did “absolutely nothing wrong” by lobbying the Treasury on behalf of his employer Greensill Capital, a Tory minister has said.
Kwasi Kwarteng’s defence of the former Tory leader comes after Labour called for an inquiry into his relationship with the scandal-hit bank.
This follows a report in the Sunday Times suggesting that its owner Lex Greensill had “privileged access” to government departments during Mr Cameron’s time in Downing Street.
Labour has suggested that his company Greensill would not have recently collapsed, putting thousands of steel jobs at risk, if the Tories had backed its proposed changes to the Lobbying Act in 2014.
Speaking on Monday, Keir Starmer said “there’s got to be an inquiry, we need to get to the bottom of what happened, who spoke to who and what effect did it have”.
Up in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has said she could only consider working with her predecessor Alex Salmond if he apologised to the women “he behaved inappropriately towards” during his time in office.
In an interview with the Daily Record, the first minister added that Mr Salmond had returned to Scottish politics not to advance the independence cause but rather because he “loves the limelight”.
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