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The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, holds at least a 15% stake (15 shares) in his own sister's company, who were previously awarded lucrative NHS contracts as recently as March 2021, it can be revealed. Last month, a firm named Topwood Limited were handed two contracts worth £150,000 each by the NHS to carry out waste disposal services, including the shredding of confidential documents.     However, in the latest Register of Financial Interests, Mr Hancock has declared that he has been handed a 15% stake in the company.     And, as if that wasn't enough of a conflict of interest, the com...

By Alison Moore, Jack Serle2021-04-15T20:17:00+01:00 NHS Shared Business Services awarded place on framework contract in early 2019 Matt Hancock did not state in ministerial declarations since becoming health secretary that his sister and other family own firm In the past month he has declared that he has recently been given shares in the firm himself DHSC says Mr Hancock made declarations in line with ministerial code, and had no involvement in awarding the contracts  Matt Hancock omitted to declare his connection to a company owned by his close family, despite it winning a place on a fra...