'The New Craftsmen' received a bounce-back loan and a Future Fund loan, both of which were set up by Sunak as chancellor.

"These subscription numbers make it look like that market is not only saturated but declining — literally, dying."

Hands was contacted by a former Conservative chair about the company. They went on to be handed a £25 million PPE deal.

The revelation came in the week it was announced energy giants had recorded historic profits, sparking calls for an increase in taxes on energy giants

Almost £345,000 was spent by Foreign Office officials in 2021 under the heading “restaurants and bars", the data reveals.

The 57-year-old said there was evidence that ‘many in our political and business establishment want to unravel the deals we did’.

The British science sector has been calling on the Government to secure the UK’s association to Horizon Europe and other EU science programmes.

The band's Brits success follows on from them winning two Grammys at the annual US awards show in Los Angeles.

"It’s intellectual snobbery pure and simple", Wootton said.