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While the Chancellor avoided consulting experts, other ministers used them as scapegoats – as chaos reigned in Downing Street, a damning new report into the pandemic suggests

Byline Times understands that one of the UK’s largest ‘Lighthouse’ labs was forced to scale down its operation last week, despite surging demand

Sam Bright reports on how Birmingham’s flagship facility has been free of patients since Prince William opened the hospital in April

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

A new report by the Public Accounts Committee sheds light on the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme, with applicants self-certifying and not subject to credit checks

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

Sam Bright and Adrian Goldberg provide details of discussions held between Saudi and UK officials over the future of Newcastle United

Plans to create new inland lorry sites to check goods have not gone beyond the drawing board, a parliamentary committee reports

The spending watchdog documents the failures of the corporate-led ‘Test and Trace’ system, yet says we should brace for more private sector involvement in the Coronavirus response

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

Delays uncovered by the National Audit Office coincide with other delays in Government plans to introduce new Brexit border controls and custom checks

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

There is currently no legal basis for the UK’s distant-waters vessels to fish cod in Norwegian waters from the end of this year, reports David Hencke

The professional services giant Deloitte is being employed to help the Government to interpret and implement its own ‘Outsourcing Playbook’

Westminster and the City of London are among the areas receiving lateral flow tests, despite having relatively low case rates, reports Sam Bright