The Treasury and the Bank of England have revealed more details of the extent of David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital last year. This morning Sir Tom Scholar, the permanent secretary at the Treasury, told a committee that he took a call from Cameron about Greensill because he would always respond to a call from a minister he had worked with in the past. (See 10.54am and 11.02am.) And the documents released by the Bank of England show that Cameron told Jon Cunliffe, his Europe adviser when he started as PM and now the deputy governor at the BoE, that it was “incredibly frustrating” that the Treasury would not agree to including Greensill in its Covid corporate financing facility (CCFF). (See page 23 here.) But Cameron’s lobbying efforts failed, he could not get the Treasury to change its mind, and Greensill subsequently went bust. The Cabinet Office is to launch an internal investigation into the leak of Boris Johnson’s text messages with the billionaire businessman James Dyson after concerns were raised about the prime minister’s texted promises to change tax rules. Boris Johnson has urged world leaders at a virtual White House summit to step up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions this decade. Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, has apologised for Britain’s failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and Asian soldiers who died serving the country, and pledged to explore “decolonising” schools’ teaching of the first world war. One in five government Covid contracts awarded between February and November 2020 contained one or more red flags for possible corruption and require urgent further investigation, a respected campaign group has warned. Scottish Labour has pledged to spend £4.5bn on a Covid recovery plan, offering guaranteed jobs and £75 high street gift vouchers, as the party steps up attempts to become the main opposition at Holyrood. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said Scottish Labour’s election manifesto contains “an enormous number of pledges”, including a significant expansion of childcare and social provision, and hefty investment in public services. But, as Severin Carrell reports, the IFS questions in a briefing how Labour would pay for it, estimating the £4.5bn which Labour says it would cost, exceeds Holyrood’s current budgets. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, insisted today it was costed; much came from existing spending pledges, but borrowing would also be needed. The UK has recorded 18 more coronavirus deaths and 2,729 new cases. That’s all from me for today. But our coronavirus coverage continues on our global live blog. It’s here.