Officials have told the COVID Inquiry that not all VIP suppliers have been ‘recorded’ and the true scale of its operation remains unknown
Emails released to Byline Times reveal the close connections between senior Conservatives and those prioritised for multimillion pound COVID contracts
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 4,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth £1 billion
Two days before winning the contract, the company, which had no previous experience of supplying medical equipment, removed ‘pizza’ from its name
The director of the company awarded a multimillion pound Government contract was arrested on suspicion of fraud, conspiracy to cheat the public revenue and fraudulent evasion of income tax
Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million
MPs point to the ‘direct conflict’ for permanent secretary of department and the huge sums given to professional rugby clubs
Private correspondence reveals officials felt threatened by firms benefiting from “back-scratching” by Conservative ministers
Newly-released documents reveal the peer also helped a “generous and loyal supporter” of the Conservative party secure another £93 million PPE contract
Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company’s offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no involvement
Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts
Private messages between Boris Johnson and his team reveal they were “on a mission” to secure the contract with leading Brexiteer James Dyson
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
The Government’s new plan for welfare has a fundamental flaw at its heart, argues Izzy Wightman
The decision to further restrict access to vaccines “will leave many vulnerable people unprotected” warn academics and health professionals
Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
Keir Starmer’s right hand man throws his weight behind the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, and says inequality played a major factor in the pandemic
When it became apparent that natural immunity would not prevent a second wave, right-wing media backed calls to remove measures and allow immunity to build up via infections
Ex-Serious Fraud Office chief Sir David Green KC says he is “depressed” about the apparent downgrading of the role
Long Covid Kids and Long Covid Scotland met the legal tests of having ‘significant interest’ in matters being investigated, but they were not granted core participant status
A damning first report from the COVID Inquiry reveals how three successive Health and Social Care Secretaries failed to put a plan in place to handle the crisis that struck
Groups representing UK sufferers are “very disappointed” as the US recently allocated another $515 million in research funding for what it called an “urgent healthcare crisis”
The family of a child suffering Long COVID claims they have faced ‘medical gaslighting’ and been consistently denied NHS care
After being awarded six large PPE contracts the Conservative donor was last year elevated to the prestigious UK Board of Trade by Kemi Badenoch
David Meller was referred to the ‘VIP Lane’ by his long-term political ally Michael Gove
Four years on from leaving the EU, the Department for Business and Trade’s overview of Brexit tells a powerful story – of fiction
The move comes amid harrowing personal accounts from healthcare workers who say they’ve suffered “devastating” injuries caused by preventable exposure to COVID-19 at work
The National Health Service is under threat unless the Government starts properly paying its workforce, reports Michaela Makusha
Cat Fraser, who has lived with the chronic illness for years, says it’s time to get Long Covid on the agenda and give its many victims the support they need.
The real ‘one per cent’ are those voters who still trust the Prime Minister, reports Adam Bienkov
The considerable upcoming reduction in spending calls into question the Government’s ‘Living with COVID’ strategy
Byline Times has been unravelling the dealings behind the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK since the very early days of the pandemic. Here’s what we learnt – and what we still need answers to…
A lawyer acting for the lawyer of Baroness Michelle Mone told Byline Times it would be defamatory to suggest David McKie ‘knowingly represented a false position’
Her representatives threatened to sue us for reporting the facts. Now the truth is finally out
A film about the PPE scandal did not declare to some contributors it was being funded by a company that won £203 million in Government PPE contracts
A Freedom of Information battle means Byline Times can now reveal the cost to the public for the Government’s doomed legal challenge to the Covid inquiry
Kit Yates argues that the former Prime Minister’s lack of scientific training was not the real problem
The Covid Inquiry has revealed the former PM to be a deeply negligent and dishonest individual. The only question now is how he was allowed to get away with it
The public – and scientists – were not able to scrutinise the Government’s interpretation of the scientific evidence with which it was being supplied, argues Independent SAGE member Kit Yates
New revelations suggest the Prime Minister had a reckless disregard for the science of protecting the public during a global pandemic
Dr Kit Yates examines the lessons emerging from the Covid Inquiry and why fear of pressure from politicians led to the creation of Independent SAGE