Questions over whether former ministers and civil servants are granted easy access to the Conservative government have been raised by the behaviour of Cameron and other officials. — ReutersLONDON, April 18 — Britain’s government doubled down on its defence against accusations of cronyism today, arguing that former leader David Cameron’ failure to get support for finance firm Greensill Capital showed its lobbying rules were “pretty good”.
But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched an independent review to look at the allegations and several parliamentary committees are also launching inquiries into the role of lobbyists and ministers’ interests in private companies. “But fundamentally I think that the systems we have in place ... is actually a pretty good one, but that’s not to say you couldn’t make tweaks and changes.”