Just a reminder that, although Government is now running furiously from the description of the "VIP" channel, this is the language it used itself. 
And a further reminder that, although the NAO suggests "VIPs" were merely those *introduced* by (mostly) Ministers, this leaked document suggests they were also *processed* on a different track.
See our blog post citing leaked documents - widely ignored by the press - which predated the NAO Report by a number of weeks. goodlawproject.org/news/special-p…
We also know there was a special Opportunities "Cell" - one of six in total - handling "VIP"s. I know the names of the civil servants running that cell but it would be unfair to publish them.
There was a special Opportunites team, a special Quality Assurance team and a special Closing team specially for VIPs. I have all the names of all the civil servants involved.
Moreover, there was a special free floating VIP team who don't look to have been accountable to anyone else. goodlawproject.org/news/update-co…
There is also explicit reference to the fact that "high profile contacts" are managed by a separate team.
Slight clarification to earlier in this thread. The NAO recognises that VIPs - although it doesn't call them that - were processed "alongside" the normal lane. God you have to read this stuff carefully to get the truth: they were handled by a special team.
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