New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth £1 billion
The COVID Inquiry
Two days before winning the contract, the company, which had no previous experience of supplying medical equipment, removed 'pizza' from its name
The director of the company awarded a multimillion pound Government contract was arrested on suspicion of fraud, conspiracy to cheat the public revenue and fraudulent evasion of income tax
Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million
Private correspondence reveals officials felt threatened by firms benefiting from "back-scratching" by Conservative ministers
Newly-released documents reveal the peer also helped a "generous and loyal supporter" of the Conservative party secure another £93 million PPE contract
Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company's offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no involvement
Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts
Private messages between Boris Johnson and his team reveal they were "on a mission" to secure the contract with leading Brexiteer James Dyson
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm