Company with mystery investors won £200m PPE contract via VIP lane
Both contracts were awarded directly by ministers without competitive tenders, under emergency Covid-19 procurement rules.
Both contracts were awarded directly by ministers without competitive tenders, under emergency Covid-19 procurement rules.
The Prime Minister said 350,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
A Sage scientists said the new strain of Covid-19 could have a "transmission advantage".
"This is no way to treat NHS staff still working through a pandemic," one group said.
“I strongly encourage people around the world to get the vaccine as it becomes available," Murdoch said.
“Maybe they’re some sort of reasons as to why we’re now in the lead. But the main one, and see if he agrees with this, is the way he arrogantly Trumpian says no to a majority in a democracy.”
Lord Deighton’s involvement in high-level meetings and strategy discussions raises questions over a conflict of interest.
He said the health and scientific lobby needs to be put back in its place.
It comes as leading medical bodies warn Mr Johnson “is about to blunder into another major error that will cost many lives”.
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