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Fifth of UK Covid contracts raised red flags for possible corruption | Coronavirus

A care home worker wearing PPE cleans a window in May 2020. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Thu 22 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT One in five government Covid contracts awarded between February and November 2020 contained one or more red flags for possible corruption and require urgent further investigation, a respected campaign group has warned. Transparency International UK said a “seriously flawed” arrangement, whereby companies bidding for contracts were prioritised if they were referred into a “VIP lane” by their political connections, had “damaged trust in the integrity of the pandemic response”. The group said Boris Johnson’s government must urgently disclose the identities of companies awarded public money through the VIP lane, which was set up by the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health and Social Care in the early days of the pandemic.

UK probe to examine David Cameron′s not so hidden hand | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW

UK probe to examine David Cameron s not so hidden hand Current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called an investigation into alleged malpractice by one of his predecessors. However, few expect much to come of it, apart from exposing Johnson s own ethical foibles. Was David Cameron not required to reveal his lobbying for Greensill? The scandal first came to public attention when financial services company Greensill Capital filed for insolvency in March, with the firm s bankruptcy threatening thousands of jobs in the UK steel industry.  Media investigations soon showed that the firm s founder, Lex Greensill, had inserted himself into the highest echelons of government under former Prime Minister David Cameron, who since leaving No.10 Downing Street had lobbied on behalf of Greensill among cabinet members.

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