Matt Hancock apologises after Commons watchdog finds he was late registering shares in firm that had NHS contracts Matt Hancock has apologised for delay registering shares in firm with NHS ties Commons watchdog said the ex-health secretary broke the rules by late action She said breach over Topwood shares was at ‘less serious’ end of … Read more
Senior officials were ‘hounding’ colleagues over the approval of a PPE supply contract worth a quarter-of-a-billion pounds to a hedge fund with ‘close ties’ to the Government, the High Court has heard. The Good Law Project and EveryDoctor are bringing legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), claiming that contracts awarded … Read more
Matt Hancock faces fresh ‘cronyism’ row after it emerges he and his sister own shares in firm that won NHS contracts Matt Hancock declared getting 15 per cent of shares in shredding firm Topwood The company has been awarded a contract worth £300,000 by NHS Wales Mr Hancock did not declare publicly his sister also … Read more
BAE clinches £1bn Royal Navy contracts to maintain battleships and docks in Portsmouth By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 BAE Systems has clinched contracts worth more than £1billion to maintain battleships and docks at Portsmouth Naval Base. Britain’s biggest defence company … Read more
BAE clinches £1bn Royal Navy contracts to maintain battleships and docks in Portsmouth By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 BAE Systems has clinched contracts worth more than £1billion to maintain battleships and docks at Portsmouth Naval Base. Britain’s biggest defence company … Read more
‘Matt Hancock? Never heard of him’: Leaked WhatsApps reveal Health Secretary shared a joke with the former landlord of his local pub when it was revealed he had been handed Covid contracts worth £30m By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:11 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 18:21 GMT, 11 March 2021 Matt … Read more
‘Matt Hancock? Never heard of him’: Leaked WhatsApps reveal Health Secretary shared a joke with the former landlord of his local pub when it was revealed he had been handed Covid contracts worth £30m By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:11 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 18:21 GMT, 11 March 2021 Matt … Read more
The Government unlawfully failed to publish details of more than 500 coronavirus-related contracts on time, a High Court judge has today said. Government officials have 30 days to publish online details of contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000. But a High Court judge today said the Department of Health and Social … Read more
Controversial NHS Test and Trace contractor Serco has today revealed it was paid £350million for Covid contracts last year. The scandal-hit firm reported a surge in profits in 2020, despite the contact tracing scheme it runs being chaotic and having ‘little impact’. The outsourcing giant published its financial report for the year today, showing its … Read more
Matt Hancock has defended a decision to hand Covid test orders worth £30million to a former neighbour now under investigation by the medical watchdog, saying it would be ‘ridiculous’ to block friends of ministers from public contracts. Alex Bourne, who crossed paths with the Health Secretary while running the Cock Inn in Thurlow, West Suffolk, … Read more