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

<p>Revelation marks second time crossbench peer may have broken Lords rules against lobbying</p><p>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.</p><p>It is the second time that Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, has potentially broken parliamentary rules that forbid lobbying.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/21/peer-richard-dannatt-lobbied-government-to-fund-factory-bid-he-was-helping-documents-reveal">Continue reading...</a>