Ministers accused of handing out taxpayers’ money to those with ‘close links’ to Tory party

Labour has demanded the government apologise and release 100 Covid-related contracts it says remain unpublished despite the prime minister’s commitment to releasing them.

Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, accused ministers of handing out taxpayer money to those with “close links” to the Conservatives “without any transparency” during the scramble to procure personal protective equipment.

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