What happened to the £3 billion Johnson paid for ‘missing’ Covid-19 contracts?
Spaffer: Boris Johnson has thrown billions at private consultants and contractors – but now it’s time to show where the money has gone, and it seems he can’t.
This is what comes of spaffing public money indiscriminately to your Tory mates and getting nothing back in return!
A cross-party consortium of Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs have filed for a judicial review after the Johnson government failed to disclose details of £3 billion worth of Covid-related contracts.
These will be contracts made under the emergency system in which private firms are not invited to tender; instead, Johnson and his cronies have been shovelling money to their Tory mates, to provide multi-million pound services using start-up firms or companies that have been as good as dead for years.
Last month the Department of Health said £11 billion of contracts had been agreed between April 1 and September 7 – mostly related to Covid-19.
But analysis of publicly-available contracts information showed less than £8 billion of contracts awarded by the government.
It seems the government is taking 72 days on average to publish contract details online – despite a legal duty to do so within 30 days.
So the question arises: what are Johnson and his cronies trying to hide?
The Department of Health and Social Care has said it is committed to transparency and is working through its backlog of contracts with a view to publishing them “in due course”.
Is that after they’ve been doctored to remove any evidence of foul play?
It’s a reasonable question to ask, in the circumstances.
It’s incredible that Johnson, Matt Hancock and their buddies have splurged our money away in such a cavalier manner – and what have we got to show for it?
This Writer would like to see a full audit of all £11 billion worth of contracts, with details of whether they were honoured in an acceptable manner.
I think the result of such an audit could be highly embarrassing for Spaffer Johnson.
Source: Tories face legal challenge over £3bn of ‘missing’ coronavirus contracts – Mirror Online
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