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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Badenoch accused of ‘interfering’ in lobbying scandal linked to Cameron

Kemi Badenoch delivering a speech.
In a letter to the current business secretary, Peter Kyle, financier Lex Greensill alleges that Kemi Badenoch used her former ministerial position to protect David Cameron from scrutiny. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Lex Greensill has accused Kemi Badenoch of “interfering” in an insolvency case “for political ends” as the last Conservative government sought to protect David Cameron from scrutiny for his involvement in a lobbying scandal.

The financier, whose companies paid Cameron millions of pounds, claimed that the current Tory leader used her former ministerial position as business secretary to restructure an inquiry into his activities.

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