Covid-19: Government aims to appoint corruption tsar within weeks
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1657
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Covid-19: Government aims to appoint corruption tsar within weeks
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1657
Posted by BestButtons
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I didn’t find any other news writing about this yet, it seems to have been missed over the winter fuel allowance announcement.
> The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will appoint a covid corruption commissioner within weeks to oversee the task of recouping billions of pounds lost to contract fraud during the covid pandemic.
> The move follows a pledge in the Labour Party’s election manifesto to use “every means possible” to recoup public money lost from fraud and in flawed contracts signed by the previous government.
I think this is one of the best things to come out so far.
Edit. I found another source https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/confirmed-appointment-of-covid-corruption-commissioner-within-weeks-379487/
There’s a lot of very nervous tories now. They will want you to be speaking about the winter fuel and not the black hole they tried to hide or worse still the likely jail time many of their friends could be facing
If they actually manage to achieve this, it would be the legacy of this govt.
You know what, I was very sceptical the Labour government would implement any substantial change, but I’m very happy about being proven wrong
Great. Can we start them with an easy one relating to Sue Gray investigating the government immediately before taking a senior role in the opposition?
They didn’t even wait for power before the labour sleaze began this time. Last time they at least performatively fired a few folks several times.
Sounds good on paper. Not sure legally what powers they actually have to recoup money from legally binding contracts. Even if they were dodgy