Left Foot Forward
Government is appointing Covid Corruption Commissioner to go after dodgy contracts awarded by Tories
Anti-corruption group Transparency International has previously revealed that the UK government’s fast-tracking of suppliers recommended by officials and politicians may have led to “systematic and partisan bias” in the awarding of contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.
Wife of former Putin Minister gave £70,000 to Priti Patel’s leadership campaign… only to see her knocked out in the first round
Patel’s register of interests shows that Lubov Chernukhin made the donation on the 12th August which was accepted on the 13th August.
Hereditary peers to be kicked out of the House of Lords within months
Labour has also promised to introduce a retirement age of 80 for members of the Lords but that will happen later, after a consultation.
Keir Starmer says government will block all companies implicated in Grenfell Tower ‘horrific failings’ from getting government contracts
The report was scathing about those who made and sold panels and insulation products, which it accused of ‘systemic dishonesty’.
Why Democratic voter participation from Americans overseas is more important than ever
This election has become the mega-Zoom election.
Grenfell inquiry: 5 key takeaways from report
The report found that ‘decades of failure’ by central government to stop the spread of combustible cladding combined with the “systematic dishonesty” of multimillion-dollar companies whose products spread the fire, had contributed to what happened.