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Ex-army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for millions to support commercial deal

Revelation marks second time crossbench peer may have broken Lords rules against lobbyingA member of the House of Lords lobbied the government to get financial support worth millions of pounds for a commercial deal he was steering, documents reveal.It is the second time that Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, has potentially broken parliamentary rules that forbid lobbying. Continue reading...

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