Thread by @GoodLawProject

This afternoon Government is holding an emergency debate on standards - with ongoing accusations of ‘sleaze’.

Luckily, we’ve been keeping track 👇(1/6)

Government told us there was no ‘VIP Lane’ for testing contracts. But we’ve uncovered evidence that shows there was and Ministers used it to refer firms for fast track treatment (2/6)
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The pandemic procurement sleaze doesn’t stop there… We revealed a testing firm was awarded government approval - after a Conservative-linked fixer lobbied Matt Hancock (3/6)
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More recently, we revealed that Boris Johnson’s former adviser works for a company that won millions of pounds in Government funding – at the same time that it donated £20,000 to the Conservative Party (4/6)
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You’d imagine Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, John Penrose MP would be interested in our work, but instead he appears to be set on smearing us (5/6)
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Government sleaze must be called out. We will not back down. We believe in better. If you’d like to support the fight for transparency, sign up for our regular emails 👇 (6/6)
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