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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 lobbying

A 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.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/21/peer-richard-dannatt-lobbied-government-to-fund-factory-bid-he-was-helping-documents-reveal

Author : Henry Dyer and Rob Evans

Publish date : 2025-06-21 16:00:00

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