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\u00a3203 million boost for Covid contract winners with Conservative links<\/a><\/h2>

Max Colbert digs into the latest accounts of firms that were awarded hundreds of millions in Government deals<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\t

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Covid contract-winning firm owned by Tory donor sees major financial boost<\/a><\/h2>

Max Colbert reports on the millions gained by one of the government\u2019s PPE suppliers<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\u00a3100 million profit boost for firms given government contracts through \u2018VIP\u2019 Lane<\/a><\/h2>

Companies that were channelled through the government\u2019s controversial high-priority PPE procurement process have seen their earnings significantly increase<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Covid contract winners with links to Conservative party see \u00a3121 million profit boost<\/a><\/h2>

Twelve COVID-contract winning firms with ties to the Conservative Party have increased their profits by 57%, Byline Times and the Citizens reveal<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t

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Is Britain facing a new cash-for-honours scandal?<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Quarter of top Conservative donors have received honours or peerages<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\u00a311.6 bn in public contracts won by registered lobbying firms since 2015<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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If you invest your tuppence wisely in a Tory<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Firm owned by Conservative donor who is Dido Harding’s colleague wins \u00a35.9m in Covid deals<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\u00a32.5 million government contracts for firm that donated \u00a3240,000 to Conservative party<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":89,"parent":0,"template":"","ctzn_theme":[],"ctzn_investigation_type":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCrony Contracts - The Citizens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crony Contracts - The Citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-04T14:21:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Investigation_Crony_VIPlane_image1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@allthecitizens\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/\",\"name\":\"Crony Contracts - The Citizens\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Investigation_Crony_VIPlane_image1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-20T16:54:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-04T14:21:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/investigation\/crony-contracts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Investigation_Crony_VIPlane_image1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Investigation_Crony_VIPlane_image1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"A nurse puts on PPE in a Covid ward at King\u2019s College Hospital, London. 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