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The criminality and corruption within the Tory party is rife. There are a number of embedded links in this report.

 

 

Michael Gove backer won £164m in PPE contracts after ‘VIP lane’ referral

 

A Conservative party donor who supported Michael Gove’s Tory leadership bid won £164m in Covid contracts after the minister referred his firm to a “VIP lane” that awarded almost £5bn to companies with political connections, new analysis reveals.

 

The disclosure draws Gove into a furore over alleged cronyism that has led critics to accuse the government of running a “chumocracy” where MPs’ friends, contacts or acquaintances have won huge contracts without proper process or transparency.

 

Meller Designs, based in Bedford, was awarded six personal protective equipment (PPE) supply contracts worth £164m from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Until January this year it was co-owned by David Meller, who has donated nearly £60,000 to the Tory party since 2009. This included £3,250 to support Gove’s party leadership bid in 2016, a campaign on which Meller worked as chair of finance.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/16/michael-gove-backer-won-164m-in-ppe-contracts-after-vip-lane-referral

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When challenged at PMQ's today Johnson inadvertently blurted out that they would release all the papers relating to Paterson.

 

At the debate two hours later a government Minister confirmed in Parliament that there are no minutes to the meeting(s) that took place between Lord Bethell, Owen Paterson and Randox as part of Randox being awarded £600 million of contracts without any kind of tender or any process.

 

By admitting that no minutes exist for the Randox lobbying meetings, the government has admitted that the governement is routinely breaking the Ministerial Code.

 

When a Minister meets an organisation or company an official must be present to keep a record of that meeting.

 

 

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CurtainRaiser - 2021-11-17 8:54 PM

 

When challenged at PMQ's today Johnson inadvertently blurted out that they would release all the papers relating to Paterson.

 

At the debate two hours later a government Minister confirmed in Parliament that there are no minutes to the meeting(s) that took place between Lord Bethell, Owen Paterson and Randox as part of Randox being awarded £600 million of contracts without any kind of tender or any process.

 

By admitting that no minutes exist for the Randox lobbying meetings, the government has admitted that the governement is routinely breaking the Ministerial Code.

 

When a Minister meets an organisation or company an official must be present to keep a record of that meeting.

 

Rayner isn't letting that go and Hoyle took Gillian Keegan to task over trying to wriggle out of trying to dodge questions about the lack of minutes for the meetings between Randox, Paterson and Ministers.

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