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Matt Hancock acted unlawfully by failing to publish Covid contracts
High court judge rules failure to publish details of contracts within 30 days was transparency breach
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, acted unlawfully by failing to publish multibillion-pound Covid-19 government contracts within the 30-day period required by law, a high court judge has ruled.
The judge, Mr Justice Chamberlain, ruled the failure to do so breached the “vital public function” of transparency over how “vast quantities” of taxpayers’ money was spent.
Read the original article at The Guardian