Dozens of Covid contracts had not been published when Boris Johnson told MPs they were "on the record for everyone to see", campaigners say.
The government is required by law to publish a "contract award notice" within 30 days of the awarding any contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000.In the High Court in February, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the public were entitled to see who the money was going to, what it was being spent on and how the relevant contracts were awarded.
Challenged about the ruling in the House of Commons on 22 February, Mr Johnson said: "All the details are on the record."But three days later, in a written legal response to the Good Law Project, seen by the BBC, government lawyers admitted 100 contracts for suppliers and services relating to Covid-19 signed before 7 October had yet to be published.
Last October the government published a contract summary detailing PPE worth £34m it had bought from the Chinese firm Qingzhou Yaowang Pharmaceutical.The firm was contracted to supply high-grade FFP3 masks, which are used by medics working in intensive care units.
The guardiannews and thetimes have much more on the government corruption scandal. Any chance of some journalism rather than publishing government press releases?
Change of tune from BBCBreaking this week: as the people form their own opinion about current events the institution rushes to control the direction and form it takes. 🙄
Change of tune from BBCBreaking this week. As the people form their own opinions the institution rushes to control the direction and form it takes 😂
Will any revelation be big enough to get the PPECorruption scandal into headlines?
No accountability whatsoever. MattHancock putting forward his pub mate for PPE contract is just a tip of the iceberg Never ever trust a Tory
Blame game by media is in full swing.
You'd almost think he was lying, wouldn't you ?
So I assume in line with Tory policy that RuthDavidsonMSP & Douglas4Moray will be calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister for lying and misleading Parliament? Only fair right?
Bullshit Boris strikes again. Why does anyone believe anything he says?
1/2 of the cabinet should resign
Until politics has consequences for actions or the lack of them injustice will always be the highlight of news channels.
Are you suggesting Johnson lied? 😉
Claim = lie ?
Give them time to make something up
Not surprised are we. This is a bloke that lies every single day. He cant help it.
Never has Britain been damaged so much by so few. Raiding the national till to stuff the pockets of their cronies whilst denying the grossly under-resourced and underpaid NHS is typical of BorisJohnson's callous, arrogant, venal Tories. Odious beyond belief.
Just wait for 1 April 🤣🤣
Some will be classified I’m sure. They contain sensitive information eg who was paid and for what.
Surely it’s only news if he manages to tell the truth
You can keep the legalese in the background, and contracts with Private entities are usually confidential, but public should know where their tax money has gone.
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Come the next elections they’ll get voted in again and people say us Irish are thick,ha.
Imagine if the Welsh or Scottish First Ministers had lied in this way! I'm sure it would be the main UK headline!
And no one resigns !
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So either Mr Johnson is so useless he can't master his brief or he's an habitual liar.
Johnson knows he has risen above the law. He can do anything he wants to. “We” are too scared to call him out. jailjohnson
And? What happened to the good old days, when journalists left their office desks and actually did some investigate work?
He'll release them when Trump releases his taxes.
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Oh well.
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They need time to take some dodgy deals out 🙄
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