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14 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Tonight Government ARE actively confirming George Pascoe Watson acted as an unpaid advisor to the NHS Test & Trace team on comms.
Also Lord O’Shaughnessy did act as a paid advisor to the NHS Test & Trace team on innovations. And Lord Feldman did work as an unpaid advisor to the Ex lobbyist Lord Bethell, to provide additional capacity to the Department in its work with industry to tackle coronavirus.
George Pascoe Watson and Lord Feldman were not involved in any procurement decisions which were made by officials, the government says on background
But also “on background” they add any input into procurement decisions by Lord O’Shaughnessy as a paid advisor went through the appropriate sign off processes.

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We were clear we cannot close business without full financial support.
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