Conservative Councillor Paul Bartlett, the deputy leader of Ashford Borough Council, said: “All I can really say is that it would have been a commercial deal between a willing and owner and a willing tenant.'
Public contracts appear to be being handed out “like sweeties to people with friends in high places."
Mr Gove had not responded in writing 'pretty much every time we have written over the last six months'.
The Government’s top scientific advisers warned last month that a “complete, pre-emptive closure of borders” was needed to fully prevent new coronavirus strains being imported into the UK.
Ministers have been accused of ‘delays beyond comprehension’.
The mine is projected to increase UK emissions by 0.4Mt (megatonnes) of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year.
Appointments at Ofcom, BBC and the launch of a new TV channel are cause for concern for the British actor.
The government has said it is going ahead with its plan for quarantine hotels - but it is still not clear when the scheme will start.
We will happily send in our Navy to protect our border from dinghies of desperate souls, but will let a deadly virus saunter through duty free.