Cummings claims PM was 'very upset' by suggestion that Henry Newman could be behind leak
'If Newman is confirmed as the leaker then I will have to fire him, and this will cause me very serious problems with Carrie as they're best friends'
He says PM suggesting closing inquiry
Cummings says Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary, authorised the PM's official spokesman to tell the media that neither he nor Lee Cain, the director of comms, were the 'lockdown leakers'
He says PM himself confirmed *in writing* that neither he nor Cain were the leakers
Dominic Cummings says the PM wanted to have donors secretly pay for the renovation of his flat
He says he told him it would be 'unethical, foolish, possibly illegal and almost certainly broke the rules on proper disclosure of political donations'
Dominic Cummings:
'It is sad to see the PM and his office fall so far below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves'
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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'
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