Ex-army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for millions to support commercial deal | Richard Dannatt
By: Henry Dyer and Rob Evans | Published: 2025-06-21 16:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
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.
He is under investigation by the House of Lords authorities over a separate set of allegations, following undercover filming by the Guardian.
The new documents reveal Lord Dannatt personally pressed ministers and a senior official to give political and financial backing to a venture he was chairing that was seeking to buy a Cheshire factory from a US owner in 2022.
After the owner announced they intended to shut it down, Dannatt increased the pressure, urging the government to help.
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