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THE UK Government’s bank blocked Matt Hancock’s department from paying for PPE contracts over fears they were being conned by fraudsters, the High Court has heard. NatWest suspended payments of more than £5 million so they could be reviewed by fraud specialists amid concerns about a lack of due diligence on deals done via the so-called “VIP lane”. The Health Secretary’s team has been taken to court by the Good Law Project and Every Doctor UK over allegations it acted unlawfully in handing out bumper contracts to friends and contacts of ministers, MPs and officials. More than £1.7 billion was dished out though the “VIP lane”, some of which went towards unusable products.