Lex Greensill was questioned by MPs over the collapse of his firm and the lobbying controversy centred on former prime minister David Cameron.

MPs on the cross-party Treasury Committee quizzed the financier on the demise of Greensill Capital, which jeopardised 5,000 steelmaking jobs in the UK.

The Government has launched an independent review into the collapsed financial firm for which Mr Cameron lobbied ministers.

Questions had been mounting over the former prime minister's efforts to secure access for the finance company, which collapsed in March, putting thousands of UK steelmaking jobs at risk.

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