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The report found £10.5 billion contracts were awarded without any competition process, with a "high-priority lane established for firms referred by officials, MPs and peers.

Labour accused ministers of having “one rule for lobbyists and their paying clients and another rule for the rest of us”.

Northern Ballet claimed he was perpetuating “tropes that culture in the north is of less value than that in London”.

Last month Boris Johnson claimed TfL was “effectively bankrupted” before the virus crisis, and proposals to hike charges were “entirely the responsibility” of Mr Khan.

"The corruption around this Tory Government is so blatant it doesn’t even seem to raise eyebrows anymore! COVID19 just seen as an opportunity!"

“The self-employed cannot survive with no income. The newly unemployed cannot wait five weeks for Universal Credit. The sick cannot isolate on the pennies of sick pay."

Approval of the Government’s handling of the pandemic has fallen to its lowest level yet.

Nobody denies that Rishi Sunak did a good job during the first wave of the pandemic. But, with winter approaching, the Chancellor is increasingly showing his true colours.

The release of the IPO findings, together with the scale of recent counterfeit tobacco seizures, should send a clear signal to the UK that it needs to step up its efforts to stamp out the illicit tobacco trade.