“Private companies have been allowed to secure lucrative Covid contracts to the tune of £17bn, yet ministers are not prepared to reward their own staff for all the incredible work they have done this year.?
Normally ministers are expected to resign if they breach the code, but not Patel.
Just a few weeks ago we had no money to feed hungry kids during the school holidays. Today we have money for a new “space command”
The departures of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain have ushered in a thawing of relations with the media, or so the story goes.
It comes as a Scottish minister compares Westminster’s devolution approach to 1543 war.
“You said you’d meet with us and then went back on your promise. So now you are ignoring us we decided to bring our message to the Houses of Parliament.”
The budget will allow MoD to create an AI agency and a "space command".
The National Audit Office found that suppliers with links to Tory politicians were ten times more likely to be awarded contracts.
It is becoming increasingly clear that inaction is no longer an option.