Labour seeks probe over Cameron Greensill lobbying

ncrease the specialist bank's access to government-backed Covid-19 emergency loan schemes.

Greensill collapsed last week. It is a key backer of UK giant Liberty Steel.

The Treasury said it had had a meeting but decided not to take things further.

Anneliese Dodds, Labour's shadow chancellor, said "Taxpayers and businesses deserve answers about why it appears Greensill was given so much access to the Treasury.

"The government must leave no stone unturned with a full and thorough investigation into this."

A Treasury spokesperson said: "Treasury officials regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss our economic response to Covid.

"The meetings in question were primarily about broadening the scope of CCFF [Covid Corporate Financing Facility] to enable access for providers of supply chain finance, which - following a call for evidence and discussions with several other firms within the sector - we decided against and informed the businesses concerned."
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