At last the Michelle Mone case is getting the attention it deserves. But this is just the tip of the iceberg - £4bn of contracts were awarded through the Government's illegal 'VIP Lane' for their associates.
We first exposed the VIP lane in Oct 2020...🧵
https://goodlawproject.org/special-procurement-channels/
Exposed: Special procurement channels for 'VIPs' and Cabinet contacts - Good Law Project
Leaked documents seen by Good Law Project set out special pathways by which “VIP” and “Cabinet Office” contacts could be awarded lucrative PPE contracts at the height of the pandemic – and at inflated prices. Lord Bethell, a junior Health Minister, promised that “suppliers will be evaluated by Departmental officials on their financial standing.” But […]
Ministers tried for over a year to conceal the politically connected firms who benefited from this red-carpet-to-riches VIP route to public contracts.
But on November 2021, after losing a lengthy FOI battle against us, we forced them to come clean ⤵️ https://goodlawproject.org/ministers-have-misled-parliament/
Revealed: Ministers have misled Parliament about the size of the VIP lane - Good Law Project
Good Law Project has seen documents showing the Government misled Parliament, the National Audit Office and the High Court about the size of the illegal VIP lane it adopted which advantaged associates of Government Ministers. In October 2020 Good Law Project revealed the existence of the VIP lane. In November 2020 the Government informed the […]
Right from when we exposed the illegal VIP lane in 2020 we said the focus should be on whether or how Ministers misused public money or dodged transparency using private emails. People like Gove, Hancock, Agnew, Bethell - who are now trying to rewrite history and shift the blame
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