Jason Coppel QC is taking the Court through our skeleton argument now: THREAD

“In a claim about the transparency of government spending, the Claimants find it astonishing that the Defendant has filed a statement of costs of over £200,000 for a one-day JR in which a significant part of the breaches alleged are admitted.”

We believe transparency is fundamental to ensuring public money is well spent. The @NAOorguk 'Investigation into Government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic' backs up our concerns - para 3.24: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Investigation-into-government-procurement-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf

"We have not been able to identify who was accountable for decision-making in this area" - an extraordinary admission from the Government on PPE procurement.

We are keeping our case page updated with the key documents referred to in our barristers' - and the Government's barristers' - submissions: https://goodlawproject.org/case/fight-for-transparency/