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Monday, October 18, 2021

UK government ordered to reveal firms awarded ‘VIP’ Covid contracts

Information commissioner says Department of Health has breached FoI Act by failing to disclose names

The UK government has been ordered to reveal which companies were given “VIP” access to multimillion-pound contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the early months of the Covid pandemic, in a ruling from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has previously refused to disclose the names of 47 companies that had contracts awarded through the privileged, fast-track process allocated to firms with political connections.

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