How David Cameron lobbied Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Gov of the Bank of England, on behalf of Greensill:
On March 5 at 9.44, Cameron emailed Cunliffe directly:
'Do you have a moment for a quick word?'
Cunliffe at 10:55
'Of course, Can I get my office to arrange a call?'
At 5.27pm, Cameron emails James Benford, then private secretary to Governor, to arrange a meeting between Lex Greensill and officials at Bank of England
'GC is now world's largest provider of Supply Chain finance & has mandate with UK govt. We would be keen to step in and help'
James Benford, governer's private secretary, emails Cameroni back at 18.23 suggesting that 'Lex/ his team speak to Tom Mutton and Rhyr Phillips who respectively head up our Fintech Hub and our Sterling markets division'
On March 7th, Cameron holds call with Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy governor at the Bank of England
'Cameron noted that the world of supply chain finance has changed since the crisis and was keen the Bank was aware of this point'
Cunliffe agreed to briefing from Cameron & Greensill
On March 8, David Cameron emails Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor of Bank of England, cc'ing in Lex Greensill
'I think it would be good to get together to discuss what more can be done to help companies with supply chain finance'
Cunliffe later agrees to a call with Greensill
David Cameron wrote to Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of Bank of England, on April 3 asking for help with Treasury objections to Greensill
'I think I must be missing something here. Am obviously talking to HMT, but would be grateful for any light you could shed on this...'
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Bill Crothers, govt's former head of procurement, became an adviser to Greensill Capital while he was a civil servant
The Cabinet Office gave him permission to take on a 'part-time advisory role' in Sept 2015
He didn't leave civil service until Nov '15
Here's Crothers himself on the extraordinary combination of roles as civil servant & adviser to Greensill
'It was seen as a way of me transitioning back into the private sector and was
supported by the Cabinet Office leadership
'The advisory role was not seen as contentious'
Crothers argued that he did not need to apply to Acoba to clear his position at Greensill because the role was 'captured under the conflicts of interest policy' for the Cabinet Office
So massive questions for the Cabinet Office about who authorised this extraordinary arrangement
Whitehall sources told The Times that Boris Johnson asked Sir Alex Allan to change his report to state that there was not clear evidence of bullying at home office
Sir Alex refused and said he’s quit if the PM overruled him - which is exactly what happened today
No 10 tonight confirmed Boris Johnson spoke to Sir Alex about report but did not comment on whether he asked him to tone it down
‘As you would expect, the PM spoke to Sir Alex Allan to further his understanding of the issues