Covid: Government’s PPE ‘VIP lane’ unlawful, court rules
A judge says it was unlawful to give two companies preferential treatment when awarding PPE contracts. …
The judge said the DHSC’s evidence “establishes that presence on the high priority lane did not confer any advantage at the decision-making stage of the process”, but she said it was clear that “offers that were introduced through the senior referrers received earlier consideration at the outset of the process”.