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David Cameron showed a 'significant lack of judgment' in his lucrative lobbying work for a controversial finance firm, MPs will say today.
The former prime minister is criticised in a major report after sending dozens of text messages to ministers and top civil servants on behalf of Greensill Capital.
The Treasury committee found he should have 'taken a more restrained approach', having made contact 56 times in four months, particularly as 'signals' showed the now-collapsed firm was in trouble.
The company, for which the ex-Tory leader was reportedly paid more than £730,000 a year as a senior adviser, wanted access to billions of pounds through Covid support schemes.
David Cameron (pictured) showed a 'significant lack of judgment' in lucrative lobbying work for Greensill Capital, MPs will say today
But Greensill's claim that it would support small businesses was 'more of a sales pitch than reality', the MPs found.
The Treasury is also criticised for not telling Mr Cameron to use 'more formal methods of communication' and for failing to consider whether his contact with the department 'posed any reputational risks'.
