Byline Times and The Citizens overview of contract awards reveals that one year after the first COVID-19 lockdown almost a billion pounds in Government contracts has been awarded to 15 firms that are linked to millions of pounds of Conservative donations.
Their ongoing investigation reported, in February, that COVID-related contracts worth £881 million had been awarded to donors that had given £8.1 million to the Conservative Party. However, just a month on, they have uncovered a further seven links to contract-winning Conservative donors.
Full story in The Byline Times, 29 March 2021