BILLIONS of Tax-payers' £ spaffed on dubious contracts to Palantir, Faculty, Serco, Sitel, Randox, Public First, Aventis, Pestfix, Ayanda, etc.
Why isn't Govt public procurement abuse + Towns Fund misallocation all over News & MSM newspapers? Extent of #GovtCorruption shocking!
Why isn't Govt public procurement abuse + Towns Fund misallocation all over News & MSM newspapers? Extent of #GovtCorruption shocking!
If you're not up to speed on what Govt has been up to in procurement, using C19 *emergency measures* to bung taxpayers'£ to firms controlled by chums, often with negligible assets or relevant expertise à la ferryless ferry co, this is a good place to start https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/15/coronavirus-contracts-government-transparency-pandemic
See also:
1. PPE contract to a sweet supplier https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-supplied-by-a-sweet-wholesaler/
1. PPE contract to a sweet supplier https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-supplied-by-a-sweet-wholesaler/
2. PPE contract to a Mauritius-based private equity firm specialised financial services https://inews.co.uk/news/health/government-ppe-contract-private-equity-tax-haven-494587
3. PPE contract to a recruitment firm https://bylinetimes.com/2020/07/17/recruitment-firm-defends-18-million-ppe-contract/
4. COVID19 testing contract to Randox Laboratories (which employs Tory MP Owen Paterson) https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-linked-firm-behind-contaminated-22504634
5. PPE contract to Pestfix https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18501548.108-million-contract-awarded-government-pestfix-ppe/
6. Test & Trace contracts to Serco & Sitel https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/serco-and-sitel-get-more-public-money-despite-track-and-trace-fiasco/
7. Track & Trace app contract to Palantir (CIA links) and Faculty AI (dodgy VoteLeave psy-ops links) https://www.cityam.com/the-failure-of-the-track-and-trace-app-is-the-least-worst-thing-about-it/
8. Testing contract to accountancy, consultancy & tax firm Deloitte https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/deloitte-gets-another-huge-covid-contract-for-crazy-plan-to-test-millions-each-day/
9. COVID19 & Ofqual damage limitation contracts awarded to Public First, a PR firm specialising in #FakeNews gimmicks (like re-branding the Cons' official Twitter page as a factchecker site or setting up a fake Labour website during GE2019) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/20/firm-linked-to-gove-and-cummings-hired-to-work-with-ofqual-on-a-levels
10. PPE logistics contract awarded to Tory donor Clipper logistics https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/02/disaster-capitalism-conservative-party-donor-cashes-in-on-uk-government-made-ppe-shortages-amidst-covid19-crisis/
11. PPE contract to Tory donor Europa Worldwide Group https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/another-conservative-donor-involved-in-covid-19-contracts/
Had a transparent, normal procurement process been held + proper due diligence conducted, 1 or 2 of the above-mentioned suppliers might have won these contracts anyway, but let's not kid ourselves — most of them are well-dodgy.
This is how we fight back: https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1297470641499758592
This is how we fight back: https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1297470641499758592
The Jenrick matter -awarding regeneration grants from the Towns Fund to Tory marginals or Tory GE2019 targets- is different but relevant to the general theme of #UKGovtCorruption
Hopefully Public Accounts SelectCom Chair @Meg_HillierMP will take it up. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jenrick-directed-millions-to-towns-in-tory-marginals-before-election/21/07/
Hopefully Public Accounts SelectCom Chair @Meg_HillierMP will take it up. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jenrick-directed-millions-to-towns-in-tory-marginals-before-election/21/07/
Important companion thread to the one I did earlier about this Government's dodgy procurement practices —this one on PPE supplies, focusing on those contracts where the product delivered was defective in some way.
#WastedMillions https://twitter.com/tuttingeyeroll/status/1297495280280113152
#WastedMillions https://twitter.com/tuttingeyeroll/status/1297495280280113152