Sir Keir Starmer has said that “every day there is more evidence of this return to sleaze”. The Labour leader’s comments come after it was revealed that Health Secretary Matt Hancock has shares in a family company which has contracts with the NHS. A government spokeswoman said the health secretary had acted “entirely properly in these circumstances” and “in accordance with the ministerial code”. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says the Government’s voting down of Labour plans for a parliamentary inquiry into lobbying was the “wrong thing to do” and said ministers who fail to declare meetings with lobbyists should expect to be sacked.
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Sir Keir Starmer has said that there needs to be "more and stronger lobbying rules" as the existing ones "obviously aren't working". Speaking during a visit to Gower in south Wales, the Labour leader added that the government's voting down of Labour's plans for a parliamentary inquiry into lobbying was the "wrong thing to do". Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer have clashed over allegations of cronyism at the heart of Government, after recent reports of former Prime Minister's lobbying on behalf of a private finance company, Greensill Capital.
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Labour MP Rachel Reeves has slammed former Prime Minister David Cameron for working in his "own private interest" during the height of the coronavirus pandemic after it was claimed Mr Cameron contacted government officials to get financial services company, Greensill Capital, access to a government-backed loan scheme. "Tory sleaze is back and it's bigger than ever", said the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Report by Thomasl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Accusations of "cronysim" against the Tories have widened further after it was revealed Matt Hancock has shares in a family company which has contracts with the NHS. A government spokeswoman said the health secretary had acted “entirely properly in these circumstances” and “in accordance with the ministerial code”, but Labour’s shadow minister Jonathan Reynolds has called on the government to take action to tighten the rules governing ministers. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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