Byline Times uncovers the nepotism that greases the wheels of British politics.
David Hencke reports on accusations of ‘political bias’ on how public funds were allocated to constituencies by Conservative ministers
A company incorporated on 18 May was awarded a huge Government contract to ramp-up Coronavirus testing, reports Sam Bright
The conditions of the Uyghurs forced to work in factories “strongly suggest forced labour”, Sam Bright reports
Lord James Bethell’s comments appear to validate leaked documents revealing an expedited system of the awarding contracts to “high profile contacts” of the Boris Johnson administration
Records show that a Conservative MP, paid £100,000 a-year to advise a major healthcare firm, attended a ministerial meeting with that company just days after it was awarded a £133 million Government contract
Questions should be asked about “whether politically connected ‘VIPs’ benefitted from lucrative inside information”, says the director of the Good Law Project, which was handed the documents
The Government shelled out £120,250 for a senior Test and Trace consultant to work for 66 days, Sam Bright reveals
The company has £134,500 assets yet has been awarded contracts worth tens of millions by the Government, reports Sam Bright
The Shadow Cabinet Office Minister has condemned the awarding of procurement contracts to Conservative-linked firms without competition as ‘outrageous’
The firm has £20,000 in assets and supplies carpeting and tiling for hotels, offices and boats, reports Sam Bright
In the first of a new series of procurement exposés, Sam Bright reveals how a Florida-based fashion brand founder has been awarded huge deals by Boris Johnson’s Government
The man leading the Government’s personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement has seen an internal contract handed to a close business associate
Sam Bright reports on how Boris Johnson’s Government appears to be violating several elements of its own anti-corruption agenda
The company has supplied a fifth of the Government’s PPE stockpile, yet virtually none of the contracts are publicly available, reports Sam Bright
Boris Johnson’s administration is stubbornly refusing to answer questions from MPs about the PPE procurement scandal, reports Sam Bright
The Government awarded the deal to a firm with just £46,000 in the bank, reports Sam Bright
A new report lays bare details of the Government’s Coronavirus work conducted by Dominic Cummings’ favourite tech companies
A business owner asked to provide £22 million of PPE by the Government sheds light on the frantic, high-stakes process
The UK under Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings is being governed by party stooges and corporate blobs lacking experience but offering loyalty, argues Sam Bright
As the amount of taxpayers’ money the Government has awarded to Conservative donors and politicians in PPE procurement rises, health professionals continue to call for adequate protection as a second Coronavirus wave approaches
The Government has awarded massive COVID-19 contracts to a firm owned by a Conservative backer without competition, reports Sam Bright
Another company with links to the Conservative Party has been awarded a massive PPE procurement contract, reports Sam Bright
New details of the procurement scandal emerge, after Boris Johnson is asked about the questionable awarding of Government contracts at Prime Minister’s Questions
Rushanara Ali MP has sent a letter to the Prime Minister, asking him to explain questionable COVID-19 contracts, including two deals exposed by Byline Times
Christiana Spens looks at the financial pressures and potential lobbying from property developers that could be driving the UK Government’s Coronavirus response
New documents reveal that TAEG Energy has earned more than £52 million in Government deals in total for the supply of personal protective equipment during the Coronavirus pandemic
The Government has shelled out over £840 per bodysuit delivered to the NHS, reports Sam Bright
The biggest recipient of Government PPE spending has been a firm with ties to a fundamentalist religious sect, finds Byline Times
Millions in taxpayer cash has been given to company that doesn’t appear to have traded since it was founded in 2016 – a questionable move in a bigger “scandal”, according to one MP
The digital start-up given £3 million to help run Coronavirus communications has hired a member of Tory party royalty as its managing director, Sam Bright reveals
The billion-pound security firm took Government Coronavirus relief despite exceeding profit estimates
Byline Times has discovered a litany of Coronavirus contracts handed to an evangelical movement with supporters in the Conservative Party
Beyond the rhetoric, Stephen Colegrave produces nine examples of the UK Prime Minister’s lack of care for the NHS in its time of greatest need
The slapdash reimposition of lockdown measures by Boris Johnson’s administration exposes its real attitude towards its new ‘Red Wall’ voters, argues Sam Bright
The handing of Coronavirus contracts to companies with questionable experience in providing personal protective equipment in health settings continues
Otto English compiles the epic accomplishments of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, during his first year as Prime Minister
Sam Bright tracks the rise of Topham Guerin, the New Zealand ‘propaganda pair’ in charge of the UK Government’s online Coronavirus communications
Stephen Delahunty reports on the Government handing a contract for personal protective equipment to a company which appears to have just £322 net assets
Stephen Komarnyckyj investigates the Brexit effect and how Britain bypassed normal calls for competition in its extraordinary purchasing binge
Stephen Delahunty reports on another case of a private company with no expertise or experience providing personal protective equipment being engaged by the Government to do so
In space, as in so many policy areas, no one can hear you scream. Alex Andreou on another multi-million-pound fiasco driven by narrow nationalism