Government Awarding of COVID-19 contracts to Cronies

[Kite159]

At the heart of the claimants’ case is the charge that the posts were not advertised in the way they normally are in the public sector,

So something which would have taken months to process at a time when things had to be done, or a worldwide shortage of PPE where it was a sellers market, where they could name their price.

No doubt had they gone down the proper routes to ensure "value for money" for the taxpayer, Labour will be shouting "why it is taking so long?, people are dying!" when it came to setting up the testing & tracking system

 

[PHILIPE]

So something which would have taken months to process at a time when things had to be done, or a worldwide shortage of PPE where it was a sellers market, where they could name their price.

No doubt had they gone down the proper routes to ensure "value for money" for the taxpayer, Labour will be shouting "why it is taking so long?, people are dying!" when it came to setting up the testing & tracking system

In the case of PPE the Government received offers from manufacturers but they were ignored.

 

[PHILIPE]

In this week when more and more examples of Tory sleaze have come to the surface, this one takes the biscuitand very widely spread round news channels today

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-greensill-b1832429.html

UK politics news – live: Hancock family firm won lucrative NHS contract as Cameron lobbying scandal deepens​

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Health secretary Matt Hancock was given a 20 per cent share in a company owned by his sister shortly before it won a lucrative NHS contract, it has emerged.
Topwood Ltd of Wrexham, a document-shredding firm, was awarded a three-year contract - worth £150,000 - by NHS Wales.





A government spokesperson said Mr Hancock had “acted entirely properly in these circumstances”, adding that there was “no conflict of interest”.
Meanwhile, the government’s lobbying scandal is showing no signs of abating, after it was revealed that a second Cabinet Office adviser also worked for the now-collapsed lender Greensill, which went on to employ David Cameron as a lobbyist.
This comes after Eric Pickles, head of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, said on Thursday that there were no “boundaries” between Whitehall and the private sector.
In response to the new development, shadow minister Rachel Reeves told The Guardian that the “web of the Greensill scandal” was growing and accused the government of not doing enough to keep cronyism “in check”.

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[brad465]

In this week when more and more examples of Tory sleaze have come to the surface, this one takes the biscuitand very widely spread round news channels today

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-greensill-b1832429.html

UK politics news – live: Hancock family firm won lucrative NHS contract as Cameron lobbying scandal deepens​

Follow updates below​

Yes the BBC are notably covering this on their site as well. I imagine this is the last thing the Tories want in the run-up to the local elections, if enough voters take it seriously.

 

[Kite159]

In this week when more and more examples of Tory sleaze have come to the surface, this one takes the biscuitand very widely spread round news channels today

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-greensill-b1832429.html

UK politics news – live: Hancock family firm won lucrative NHS contract as Cameron lobbying scandal deepens​

Follow updates below​

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Shame the contract was awarded by the labour run Welsh NHS.

But that doesn't suit the story that it's the nasty Tories?

 

[wireforever]

The inquiry into David 'dodgy' Cameron will be another cover up the sleaze will just continue the Govt in power won't be worried they have a large enough majority to literally do anything they want alter the laws of the land, introduce emergency powers,deploy the army to the streets if there is civil unrest due to another national lockdown , cancel Scottish independence vote ,ban holidays abroad till August 2022,extend Parliament so they remain in power longer without a General Election due to the pandemic

 

[PHILIPE]

Shame the contract was awarded by the labour run Welsh NHS.

But that doesn't suit the story that it's the nasty Tories?

English contracts also in 2019

 

[ainsworth74]

deploy the army to the streets if there is civil unrest due to another national lockdown

I wouldn't worry about that. The army isn't large enough to control a large town anymore let lone the whole nation.

 

[Darandio]

Yes the BBC are notably covering this on their site as well. I imagine this is the last thing the Tories want in the run-up to the local elections, if enough voters take it seriously.

Well you say the BBC 'are' notably covering it, i'd say 'were' and they were very quick to make it disappear. Absolutely no mention of it on the main BBC news page for a while now, you have to go and find it.

 

[brad465]

Well you say the BBC 'are' notably covering it, i'd say 'were' and they were very quick to make it disappear. Absolutely no mention of it on the main BBC news page for a while now, you have to go and find it.

The BBC are now giving prominent coverage to the latest sleaze incident regarding James Dyson and ventilators, first with an article this morning, and now this top story reporting on its coverage in PMQs:

Dyson lobbying row: Boris Johnson makes 'no apology' for seeking ventilators

Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of being at the centre of government "sleaze" amid a fresh lobbying row.

www.bbc.co.uk

Boris Johnson said he made "no apology for moving heaven and earth" to get ventilators during the pandemic, amid a row over lobbying by Sir James Dyson.

In text messages seen by the BBC, the prime minister promised to "fix" tax changes the entrepreneur wanted.

Mr Johnson said any PM would have done the same in the circumstances, to secure ventilator supplies.

But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was part of a pattern of government "sleaze" centred on the prime minister.

Trading verbal blows with Mr Johnson at Prime Minister's Questions, he claimed there was "one rule for those who have the prime minister's phone number and another for everybody else".

 

[VauxhallandI]

Patel at it now, I’d live to see her in one of her prisons.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of lobbying a fellow minister on behalf of a healthcare firm trying to get a government contract.
In May last year, Ms Patel wrote to Michael Gove expressing disappointment the government had not bought face masks from a company that had links to someone she knew.

Covid contracts: Priti Patel accused of lobbying for face mask firm

Labour calls for an investigation into a letter from Priti Patel, saying she did "a favour to her friend".

www.bbc.co.uk