Tories close ranks to block broader inquiry into Greensill scandal

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Tories close ranks to block broader inquiry into Greensill scandal
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Labour claims ‘sleaze is now at heart of this Tory government’ and says current inquiry is ‘inadequate, and deliberately so’

Tory MPs have voted en masse to block a broader inquiry into theThe opposition day motion in the Commons, which would have created a cross-party committee of MPs to look into Greensill and wider issues of lobbying, was defeated by 357 votes to 262, after the government opposed the plan.

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