Another minister with conflicts of interest

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laresWed 12/10/11 17:32

"Civil servants told insurers they were "pushing at an open door" over legal aid changes that would benefit the insurance industry by hundreds of millions of pounds, documents reveal. The papers, obtained under freedom of information laws, record discussions between insurers, the NHS and government officials working under Jonathan Djanogly, the justice minister.

They show that Djanogly, who faces conflict of interest allegations over his holdings in the insurance industry, met leading insurers on 19 January. In an extraordinary move he asked the firms how best to draft rebuttals to criticisms of government proposals that might arise from its consultation on legal aid reforms, effectively offering them an unprecedented second chance to shape policy."

"Four months later – without any consultation or impact assessment – the minister announced a ban, something which the industry had been pushing for."

"Djanogly was forced to publicly declare this week in the parliamentary register that his controversial stakes in the insurance industry have been placed in a "blind trust", after a Guardian investigation revealed that he could personally profit from the bill. He also failed to declare that his teenage children were minority shareholders in his brother-in-law's businesses – two firms which advertise accident compensation claims – an industry that Djanogly regulates in government. After he was contacted the minister sold his children's stake.

The cabinet secretary, Gus O'Donnell, is considering whether or not to launch an investigation into allegations of a conflict of interest between the minister and the insurance industry."

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dazbarWed 12/10/11 17:35

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