Emails released to Byline Times reveal the close connections between senior Conservatives and those prioritised for multimillion pound COVID contracts
The COVID Inquiry
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 4,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth £1 billion
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