UK government broke the law by failing to disclose PPE contracts, court rules

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The British government broke the law by failing to publish details of billions of pounds of spending on personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, a London court ruled on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: Level 1 Personal Protective Equipment is seen at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, as the number of coronavirus disease cases grow around the world, in London, Britain April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

The Good Law Project, a campaign group, and three opposition politicians brought a judicial review seeking details of undisclosed deals with firms that had no medical procurement expertise and, in some cases, delivered defective protective equipment. “The Secretary of State spent vast quantities of public money on pandemic-related procurements during 2020,” the judge said. “The public were entitled to see who this money was going to, what it was being spent on and how the relevant contracts were awarded.”

“This has often meant having to award contracts at speed to secure the vital supplies required to protect NHS workers and the public,” a spokesman said.

 

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is anyone asking if HMG broke the law in Vaccine contracts?

What Tory is going to jail then.

So what will be done about it? absolutelysodall

stupid British government just wanna be a puppet of USA.

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