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Cameron ‘lobbied senior Downing St aide and Matt Hancock’ to help Greensill

Former PM also reported to have emailed a No 10 adviser after Treasury rejected his attempts to access Covid loan scheme

David Cameron lobbied a senior Downing St aide and Matt Hancock, the health secretary, on behalf of a now collapsed company run by the scandal-hit financier Lex Greensill, it has emerged.

In further revelations that show the lengths the former prime minister went to in his attempts to secure political access for Greensill Capital, which paid him as an adviser, Cameron emailed a No 10 adviser after the Treasury rejected his attempts to secure the company access to a Covid emergency loan scheme.

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