🚨NEW: Introductions from just six Conservative Party politicians led to ā€˜VIPs’ being awarded Covid testing contracts worth an eye-watering Ā£5 billion.

Here are our key findings...🧵
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REVEALED: The names of those who referred Covid testing firms into the ā€œVIPā€ lane - Good Law Project

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šŸ’°Innova Medical landed Covid contracts valued at Ā£4 billion via the VIP lane after its UK partner, a company trading under the name ā€˜Tried & Tested’ contacted Boris Johnson’s former advisor, Dominic Cummings.
šŸ’°Surescreen Diagnostics landed a Ā£500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated Ā£20,000 to Liam Fox.

šŸ’°Matt Hancock assisted Ecolog Int. onto the VIP lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that's donated Ā£156,000 to the Tories.

His Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work.

šŸ’°Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over Ā£45 million.
šŸ’°Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a Ā£322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits.
šŸ’°Another Conservative Peer, Lord Lansley, introduced a company called Accoro onto the VIP lane.
šŸ’°Only Conservative Party Peers, MPs and donors appear to be named as referrers – no politician from any other political party succeeded in referring suppliers onto the Covid testing VIP lane.
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And that’s what this UK government, and the last one, and the one before, will forever be known for. Kleptocracy.
@goodlawproject and who’s paying it all back? Oh yeah. We are.
@goodlawproject oh, they're my local dentist who I've not been to for years
@goodlawproject It’s extremely frustrating that this information is not reported in the general media. These contracts are for vast sums & it seems a conflict that MPs were paid ā€˜donations’. This hasn’t been reported in the local press. It needs to be exposed.