"Healthcare firm advised by Owen Paterson won £133m coronavirus testing contract unopposed

Randox Laboratories was hired “without prior publication of a call for competition”"

#ToryCorruption

@LBC #C4News #Newsnight #PMQs #r4today #PoliticsLive https://bit.ly/2C1qE8Y 
Healthcare firm advised by Owen Paterson won £133m coronavirus testing contract unopposed

Randox Laboratories hired as part of Matt Hancock’s promise to carry out 100,000 tests a day

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"UK Home Office paid £80,000 to a lobby group which has funded Conservative MPs

The Conservative government gave over £80,000 to a right-wing lobby group which has paid thousands of pounds in benefits to Priti Patel and Michael Gove"

@lbc #r4today #PMQs https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/revealed-uk-home-office-paid-80000-to-a-lobby-group-which-has-funded-conservative-mps/
Revealed: UK Home Office paid £80,000 to a lobby group which has funded Conservative MPs

The Conservative government gave over £80,000 to a right-wing lobby group which has paid thousands of pounds in benefits to Priti Patel and Michael Gove.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/revealed-uk-home-office-paid-80000-to-a-lobby-group-which-has-funded-conservative-mps/
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is under renewed pressure to explain why the Cheltenham Festival was allowed to go ahead after it was revealed he had received £350,000 in political donations from wealthy figures in horse racing

#ToryCorruption

@lbc #bbcpm https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/matt-hancocks-racing-links-raise-22381789?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Questions over Matt Hancock's racing links and Cheltenham Festival lockdown time

EXCLUSIVE: The Health Secretary is under renewed pressure to explain why the Cheltenham Festival was allowed to go ahead after it was revealed he had received £350,000 in political donations from...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/matt-hancocks-racing-links-raise-22381789?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1285468829536182274?s=19
""unusual" purchase of a stake in bankrupt space operator OneWeb - heavily pushed by Dominic Cummings - could end up with taxpayers losing the entire $500m"

FFS

@lbc #bbcpm #newsnght #c4news https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1285972800063393794
https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1285972117700390913?s=19
2 Tory MPs on the intelligence committee & 14 ministers have accepted donations linked to Russia

" @ElectoralCommUK records show 6 cabinet members & 8 jnr ministers received £10,000s from individuals or businesses with links to Russia"

@lbc #r4today https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/conservative-party-ministers-bankrolled-by-donors-linked-to-russia-2hm5jhwpx?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#
Conservative Party ministers bankrolled by donors linked to Russia

The Conservative Party’s finances came under renewed scrutiny last night as it emerged that two of its MPs on the intelligence watchdog committee and 14 ministers had accepted donations linked to

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/conservative-party-ministers-bankrolled-by-donors-linked-to-russia-2hm5jhwpx?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#
Robert Jenrick claimed £100,000 expenses for ‘third home’

Jenrick faces fresh questions over his housing portfolio as he has charged taxpayers more than £100,000 for a constituency home that he appears to use only rarely

@lbc #c4news #r4today
#Newsnight https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robert-jenrick-claimed-100-000-expenses-for-third-home-0szhp8lzh#
Robert Jenrick claimed £100,000 expenses for ‘third home’

A cabinet minister accused of breaching the lockdown faces fresh questions over his housing portfolio as he has charged taxpayers more than £100,000 for a constituency home that he appears to use only

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robert-jenrick-claimed-100-000-expenses-for-third-home-0szhp8lzh#
"Boris Johnson has rejected a 2nd key strand of the #RussiaReport, its call for a crackdown to stop London being a “laundromat” for illicit Russian cash"

And people ask what Russians have to gain from donating so much money to the Tory party.
@lbc #C4News https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-report-boris-johnson-london-laundromat-donations-a9630371.html
Boris Johnson rejects call for crackdown on London's use as 'laundro…

Boris Johnson has rejected a second key strand of the Russia report, its call for a crackdown to stop London being a “laundromat” for illicit Russian cash. The UK already has “some of the strongest

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-report-boris-johnson-london-laundromat-donations-a9630371.html
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UK govt wasted at least £150m buying masks with the wrong straps from a little-known family investment firm

Officials signed a £252m contract to buy masks from Ayanda Capital in a deal brokered by a govt adviser who also advises the company’s board

@lbc https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/ministers-waste-150m-buying-unusable-masks-from-banker-5v8390xtp
Ministers waste £150m buying unusable masks from banker

Ministers have wasted at least £150 million buying masks with the wrong kind of straps from a little-known family investment firm, The Times can reveal.Health officials signed a £252 million contract

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/ministers-waste-150m-buying-unusable-masks-from-banker-5v8390xtp
Viktor Fedotov is a Russian-born tycoon whose company donated c.£250,000 to the Tory Party. He is the ultimate owner of Aquind, which is seeking govt approval to build a £1.2bn undersea electricity interconnector btwn Britain & France

#Corruption

@lbc https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-viktor-fedotov-is-tycoon-behind-aquind-energy-project-pq0868vmj
Revealed, Viktor Fedotov is tycoon behind Aquind energy project

A secretive Russian-born tycoon whose company has donated almost £250,000 to the Conservative Party can be identified today by The Times.Viktor Fedotov, 73, is the ultimate owner of Aquind, which is

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-viktor-fedotov-is-tycoon-behind-aquind-energy-project-pq0868vmj
https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1291244082145177600
. @JolyonMaugham is doing god's work exposing the murky, possibly corrupt, use of taxpayers' money purchasing PPE from disparate businesses with no history of supplying medical equipment.

All should read this thread.

@lbc #r4today #c4news #newsnight https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1291244303533125637
Ministers used a govt regeneration scheme to target millions of pounds in grants at marginal Conservative seats before the last election

NAO reveals that ministers selected 101 towns in England to each benefit from a £25m boost to their economies

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Ministers lavished millions on towns in marginal Tory seats before polls

Ministers used a government regeneration scheme to target millions of pounds in grants at marginal Conservative seats before the last election, an analysis by The Times suggests.Today a report by the

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/ministers-lavished-millions-on-towns-in-marginal-tory-seats-before-polls-p9xmcb2w8
It shows 61 of the towns were chosen at the discretion of ministers led by Robert Jenrick, the housing and communities secretary. An analysis shows that all but one of them were either Conservative-held seats or Tory targets before the election.

@lbc #r4today #c4news #Newsnight
50 million face masks bought by the government in April won't be used in the NHS due to safety concerns. But that's only half of the story of the government's PPE contract...

@lbc #bbcaq #c4news #newsnight
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