The man appointed by Boris Johnson to probe David Cameron’s lobbying has cleared the government of “favouritism” in the award of £17bn in Covid contracts. But he found no evidence of favouritism in the award of the contracts. The review of Whitehall procurement during the pandemic, published the day after the local elections, recommends an overhaul of processes from contingency planning to stockpiling. In his latest report, Boardman concluded there was no evidence of favouritism but there were big holes in processes that increased risk. “I have not seen evidence that any contract within the scope of the review was awarded on grounds of favouritism.

Source: Huffington Post May 07, 2021 16:52 UTC