Boris Johnson's Crony Contracts

Gavin Williamson’s department is paying millions to a company founded by the chair of a Government social care review

From crony contracts to Test and Trace turmoil, the Health and Social Care Secretary has been at the epicentre of Government incompetence during the Coronavirus pandemic, says Sam Bright

The Prime Minister’s former chief aide has been attempting to defend his role in COVID contracts, yet at least one of his claims doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, reports Sam Bright

A Department of Health and Social Care insider has seen a company he chairs awarded a large public sector contract, reports Sam Bright

The firm is owned by the wife of a horse breeder who has donated thousands to the Health and Social Care Secretary, reports Sam Bright

Byline Times and The Citizens add up the staggering total value of deals awarded during the Coronavirus pandemic to donors of the Conservative Party

The owner of a private equity company has donated £10,000 to Matt Hancock, and sits of the board of NHS Improvement. One of his firms has won Government Coronavirus contracts worth millions

Another company with links to the ruling party has been awarded multi-million-pound deals during the Coronavirus pandemic

The proposed law would ensure that ministers cannot get away with awarding contracts to friends of the Government without facing scrutiny, reports Sam Bright

One private consultancy firm is being paid £900,000 a-day to work on Baroness Dido Harding’s operation, an official has revealed

Sam Bright reports on the latest Government contract awarded to a firm that has funded the Conservative Party

A senior member of Baroness Dido Harding’s team has joined a company previously awarded £140 million in COVID-19 contracts – and will be able to begin lobbying her former colleagues sooner than the rules usually allow

As a shortage of laptops ostracises children from education, Sam Bright reports on new contracts awarded to a company with Tory ties

There are more private sector consultants working for Baroness Dido Harding’s operation than civil servants working for the Treasury, reveals Sam Bright

Sam Bright investigates the trends that underpin the Government’s outpouring of contracts to corporate giants and friends of the regime

Byline Times and The Citizens catalogue the 12 most notorious contracts awarded to private sector firms during the Coronavirus pandemic so far

Sam Bright has the inside track on a new Government hiring blitz and its attempts to oust expensive, controversial consultancy giants

A small carpeting supplier has been contracted again by the Government, having already being awarded deals for personal protective equipment worth £5.3 million

The chairman of the healthcare firm is the former business partner of Matt Hancock’s mum and step-father

Sam Bright speaks to the owner of a naval design firm about how he acquired a contract to supply face masks – who also appears to reject the consensus of scientists and officials on the Coronavirus pandemic