The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has failed to publish private contracts related to the coronavirus pandemic worth a total of £3bn, new figures have shown.
It comes as three cross-party MPs and the Good Law Project, a non-profit-making organisation, have launched legal action against the Government over its failure to disclose details of its spending on contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE).
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Labour’s Debbie Abrahams and Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran have filed a judicial review against the Government for breaching the law and its own guidance and argue that there are mounting concerns over the Government’s coronavirus procurement processes.
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