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EXCLUSIVE Government Pays Firm £4.3 Million One Month Before Appointing its Founder to Education Role
23 February 2021
, Gavin Williamson’s department is paying millions to a company founded by the chair of a Government social care review

The Dangers of Disaster Apathy: Why Matt Hancock Should Resign
22 February 2021
, 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

EXCLUSIVE Cummings’ Claims About Media Spin Contradicted by Official Records
17 February 2021
, 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

EXCLUSIVE Firm Chaired by Government Procurement Advisor Awarded £38 Million Contract
15 February 2021
, A Department of Health and Social Care insider has seen a company he chairs awarded a large public sector contract, reports Sam Bright

Friend of Matt Hancock Wins £14.4 Million PPE Contract
10 February 2021
, 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

EXCLUSIVE The Crony Ratio: £800 Million in COVID Contracts to Donors who have Given £8 Million to Conservatives
5 February 2021
, Byline Times and The Citizens add up the staggering total value of deals awarded during the Coronavirus pandemic to donors of the Conservative Party

EXCLUSIVE Firm Owned by a Tory Donor Who Is Dido Harding’s Colleague Wins £5.9 Million in Government COVID-19 Deals
29 January 2021
, 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

EXCLUSIVE £2.5 Million Government Contracts for Firm that Donated Over £240,000 to Conservative Party
28 January 2021
, Another company with links to the ruling party has been awarded multi-million-pound deals during the Coronavirus pandemic

‘Crony Bill’ To Tackle Procurement Scandal Passes First Commons Hurdle After Government ‘Handed Out Public Contracts Like Sweeties to Friends’
27 January 2021
, The proposed law would ensure that ministers cannot get away with awarding contracts to friends of the Government without facing scrutiny, reports Sam Bright

‘No Profiteering’ But Government Paying £1,000 a Day for Test and Trace Consultants
18 January 2021
, One private consultancy firm is being paid £900,000 a-day to work on Baroness Dido Harding’s operation, an official has revealed

EXCLUSIVE New £2 Million School Laptop Deal Awarded to Firm That Gave £105,000 to Tory Party
14 January 2021
, Sam Bright reports on the latest Government contract awarded to a firm that has funded the Conservative Party

EXCLUSIVE Former ‘Test and Trace’ Boss Given Green Light to Lobby Government After Just Four Months in New Corporate Role
9 January 2021
, 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

EXCLUSIVE £100 Million Deals for School Laptops Awarded to Conservative Donor’s Firm
8 January 2021
, As a shortage of laptops ostracises children from education, Sam Bright reports on new contracts awarded to a company with Tory ties

EXCLUSIVE Government Reveals Total Number of Private Sector Consultants Working for ‘Test and Trace’
5 January 2021
, There are more private sector consultants working for Baroness Dido Harding’s operation than civil servants working for the Treasury, reveals Sam Bright

2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Great Procurement Scandal
31 December 2020
, Sam Bright investigates the trends that underpin the Government’s outpouring of contracts to corporate giants and friends of the regime

The 12 Contracts of Christmas
24 December 2020
, Byline Times and The Citizens catalogue the 12 most notorious contracts awarded to private sector firms during the Coronavirus pandemic so far

EXCLUSIVE ‘Test and Trace’ Replacing Corporate Giants With £800-a-day In-House Consultants
17 December 2020
, Sam Bright has the inside track on a new Government hiring blitz and its attempts to oust expensive, controversial consultancy giants

EXCLUSIVE Hotel Carpeting Company Awarded Contract to Supply COVID-19 Tests
14 December 2020
, A small carpeting supplier has been contracted again by the Government, having already being awarded deals for personal protective equipment worth £5.3 million

EXCLUSIVE Firm with Links to Matt Hancock’s Family Awarded £5.5 Million COVID Testing Deal
10 December 2020
, The chairman of the healthcare firm is the former business partner of Matt Hancock’s mum and step-father

EXCLUSIVE ‘I Contacted Cabinet Office and Offered to Buy a Machine in China’ says Marine Firm Owner Given £5 Million Contract for Masks
8 December 2020
, 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

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