£900 at a pub in Oxford; £5,400 in Primark. Sam Bright questioned Priti Patel’s department about some peculiar purchases, but received an unconvincing answer
As news emerges that the Test and Trace programme budgeted for £438 million to be spent on management consultants, Matthew Gwyther delves into the inner workings of the industry
The Tory peer and senior Cabinet Office official appears to have benefitted financially from a firm that has won millions in public sector contracts
The company has won two more contracts worth £46.1 million, Sam Bright reports
The company owner has donated more than £2.5 million to the Tory Party in recent years
Paying inflated rates to companies without competition, Matt Hancock bought a vast excess of equipment, official records reveal
The owner of a medical company that won huge PPE contacts has donated to Boris Johnson’s party
Firms which have donated money to the governing party have now been awarded COVID-19 deals worth £900 million, though the latest firm denies any political interference