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Enough is enough. Along with @CarolineLucas, @Debbie_abrahams and @LaylaMoran, @GoodLawProject has launched legal action against Government for its persistent and unlawful failure to disclose details of its billions of COVID-related spending. theguardian.com/world/2020/aug…
We've approved a staggering £15bn of PPE spending. The little of it we can see tells of implausible counterparties, political connections and vast waste on duff product. Meanwhile, Govt ignores its mandatory and unconditional legal duty of transparency. crowdjustice.com/case/fight-for…
And that's not all we've done.

A river of public money flows - without any tender process at all - into the coffers of Gove and Cummings' associates Public First: from the Cabinet Office, from the Department of Health and from Ofqual. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
We had already sued Cabinet Office over what looks to many industry executives like a sweetheart deal - one for which no one else got a look in - with Public First.

We had closed that crowdfunder but have reopened it to sue Ofqual too. See the UPDATE. crowdjustice.com/case/a-river-t…
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On 9 July we wrote and on 10 July we issued proceedings against @michaelgove for unlawfully awarding a hugely lucrative contract to Public First, run by long time associates of his and the Blind Drivers.
We said the decision was unlawful because the legal preconditions to sidestepping normal procurement rules - that exist to protect public money - were not met. And because of 'apparent' bias, ie a reasonable person would think they were biased in favour of Public First.
You can read the bundle - which we have published because we believe transparency is a good thing - here.

The key documents to read are the statement of facts and grounds and the witness statements. goodlawproject.org/news/update-mo…
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So. Here is yet another public contract awarded to long time associates of Gove and Cummings without any tender process using the exceptional urgency procedure. 1/4 theguardian.com/education/2020…
They deny Gove was involved in the award but there is no specific denial that Cummings was involved in handing over public money to their associates.

There is also no good reason why they should refuse to say how much public money they have given to Gove/Cummings' pals. 2/
Why did they not hold a tender process before giving a contract to their pals? A Levels/GCSEs were cancelled in March so there was plenty of time for @Ofqual to hold a tender process before Public First started working there in June. What's the real reason? /3
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Gavin Williamson says appeals against the grade you were awarded will be free. This may or may not be good politics but it's terribly misleading. Appeals may be free but they are also pretty much pointless. Image
The appeals system is set out here (from paragraph GQCov paragraph 5.1: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…) and the guidance on the appeals system can be seen here (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…).
You can't challenge your school/college on the grades or rank order it submitted. As the Guidance states "attempts to amend Centre Assessment Grades or rank order information by revisiting or revising the professional judgments which underpin them... is not permitted."
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