News / UK politicians who referred PPE firms to ‘VIP lane’ to be named Government agrees to reveal details of how companies were fast-tracked to win lucrative COVID contracts, after months of blocking transparency By Jenna Corderoy and Martin Williams / 13 Aug 2021
News / Secretive ‘spy’ firm met UK minister to discuss PPE supply Exclusive: No records were kept of meeting with private company chaired by government’s own PPE tsar By Russell Scott and Martin Williams / 12 Aug 2021
Investigation / Government accused of ‘cronyism’ after Tory councillor wins £156m COVID contract Stroud councillor Steve Dechan ran a small, loss-making firm distributing medical devices. Documents show it signed a £156m deal to import PPE from China By Peter Geoghegan and Russell Scott / 9 Oct 2020
