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Public Health
Huge sums of money have yet to be returned by businesses five years after the last Conservative Government's Covid 'bounce back' loan scheme was launched
Officials have told the COVID Inquiry that not all VIP suppliers have been 'recorded' and the true scale of its operation remains unknown
Emails released to Byline Times reveal the close connections between senior Conservatives and those prioritised for multimillion pound COVID contracts
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 4,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
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
MPs point to the 'direct conflict' for permanent secretary of department and the huge sums given to professional rugby clubs
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