Subject: Contract corruption 

Good Law Project (GLP) says that it has seen leaked documents which reveal that Cabinet Office contacts and others were helping ‘VIPs’ sell PPE to the Government outside normal procurement channels.

‘The leaked documents also evidence a startling opportunity for price gouging by favoured suppliers,’ says the GLP. Apparently, only if prices were more than 25% above the average paid to other suppliers were questions to be asked about value for money.  https://goodlawproject.org/news/special-procurement-channels/

GLP also raises various concerns, including one firm winning contracts despite auditors’ concerns about its solvency.

What is so staggering is the fact that such a corrupt process has actually been documented in detail, despite the risk of discovery; this betrays an overweening arrogance which is hard to believe.

This Government is mistaken if it thinks it can get away with this kind of behaviour - particularly while penalising the general public in the name of ‘austerity’. Please persuade your leaders to conduct business with a great deal more integrity.