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Boris Johnson personally promised Sir James Dyson he would “fix” an issue over the tax status of his employees after being directly lobbied by the entrepreneur, it has been reported. Labour has claimed there is “evidence” the Prime Minister may have breached the ministerial code with the exchanges regarding ventilators at the height of the coronavirus crisis, which were revealed by the BBC. It comes amid intense controversy at Westminster over lobbying following the disclosures of David Cameron’s activities on behalf of the failed finance firm, Greensill Capital. But what is the min...

Just one in 100 Government Covid-19 contracts worth an eye-watering £17.3billion was awarded by competitive tender raising more questions about whether the taxpayer has been getting value for money during the pandemic, it was revealed today. Companies with no experience of supplying masks, gloves and aprons won lucrative Government deals in the 'shambolic' scramble for contracts - with critics calling it the 'Wild West'.  The Institute for Government (IfG) says it has found 'little evidence' of competition for deals handed out between March and last July at the height of the scramble for PP...

We need to know whether cabinet ministers using private e—mails to discuss sensitive and secret documents for business could breach the freedom of information act, the official secrets act, and legislation on data protection and the maintenance of public records. i mean, this is really serious, you know? ministers using their private e—mail to conduct government business, why would they do that if they're not hiding anything? they know the rules around this and they breached those rules. and, also, the other thing that is going on is an enquiry in the department of health to work out how t...