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" [ad_1]\r\n<br><div id=\"main\"><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>Boris Johnson misled parliament over the publication of coronavirus contracts, a court order appears to show.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The prime minister had claimed that the contracts, which are subject to a legal challenge and cronyism allegations, were “there on the record for everybody to see”.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>But a final order handed down by the High Court on Friday says the government had in fact only published “608 out of 708 relevant contracts”.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The revelation comes after a High Court judge found Matt Hancock had acted unlawfully by handing out contracts without publishing details in a timely way after a case was brought against the government by the Good Law Project.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The order, by judge Mr Justice Chamberlain, says: “The defendant has published 608 out of 708 relevant contracts for supplies and services relating to Covid-19 awarded on or before 7 October 2020. </p></div><aside class=\"sc-prpXb eilcdt left item-count-1 dark-theme related\" data-is-watch-more=\"true\"><h3 class=\"sc-pjtZy eVhSwo\">Watch more</h3></aside><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“In some or all of these cases, the defendant acted unlawfully by failing to publish the contracts within the period set out in the Crown Commercial Service’s Publication of Central Government Tenders and Contracts: Central Government Transparency Guidance Note (November 2017).”</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>But Mr Johnson had told parliament on 22 February: “All I will say is that the contracts are there on the record for everybody to see.”</p></div><div class=\"sc-pAkMi cavMjA newsletter-component hide false\"><div class=\"logged-out main-wrapper\" amp-access=\"NOT loggedIn\"><p><h4 class=\"sc-ptBBy gHwPSa\">Inside Politics newsletter</h4><h4 class=\"sc-ptBBy gHwPSa\">The latest news on Brexit, politics and beyond direct to your inbox every weekday</h4></p></div><div class=\"logged-in main-wrapper\" amp-access=\"loggedIn\"><p><h4 class=\"sc-ptBBy gHwPSa\">Inside Politics newsletter</h4><h4 class=\"sc-ptBBy gHwPSa\">The latest news on Brexit, politics and beyond direct to your inbox every weekday</h4></p></div></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>Campaigners say the latest document from the court confirms that the prime minister misled MPs even after it was ruled that the government had broken the law.</p></div><interaction class=\"apester-media\" data-token=\"5bbe30dfc3ecd7c158342081\"/><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The Good Law Project, which brought the legal challenge, said in a statement: “Remarkably, the Judge’s Order is based on government’s own figures – so at the same time as Johnson was falsely reassuring MPs, government lawyers were preparing a statement contradicting him – revealing 100 contracts and dozens of Contract Award Notices were missing from the public record.”</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The campaigners added: “Government has not only misled parliament and placed inaccurate information before the court, it has misled the country. </p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“Unless contract details are published they cannot be properly scrutinised – there’s no way of knowing where taxpayers’ money is going and why. Billions have been spent with those linked to the Conservative Party and vast sums wasted on PPE that isn’t fit for purpose. </p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“We have a government, and a prime minister, contemptuous of transparency and apparently allergic to accountability. The very least that the public deserves now is the truth.”</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>Last year, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) examined how firms were awarded contracts — including many without competition — worth £18bn to secure essentials such as PPE equipment in the initial months of the pandemic.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>It criticised an “inadequate” documentation of cases and noted that a cross-government PPE team established a “high priority lane” to deal with leads from officials in government, ministers’ offices, MPs, peers, senior NHS staff and other health professionals.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>The NAO also noted: “A number of contracts were awarded retrospectively, or have not been published in a timely manner.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“This has diminished public transparency, and the lack of adequate documentation means we cannot give assurance that government has adequately mitigated the increased risks arising from emergency procurement or applied appropriate commercial practices in all cases.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qYUgX bxgvQc\"><div on=\"tap:gallery-2402\" class=\"sc-puCJS jtCsZj gallery-btn\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><header class=\"sc-pDdXR kQzDXK\"><h2 class=\"sc-pTTZH ckfDMq\"><span class=\"sc-qWfkp sc-qcpaC gluoKl\">\n<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 18\" fill=\"#EC1A2E\"><path d=\"M9 9c0-.552.448-1 1.001-1 .553 0 .999.448.999 1s-.446 1-.999 1C9.448 10 9 9.552 9 9zm6.2 0l-1.7 2.6-1.3-1.6L9 14h10l-3.8-5zM24 4v14H4v-3H0V0h21v4h3zM4 13V4h15V2H2v11h2zm18-7H6v10h16V6z\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"/></svg>\n</span>UK news in pictures</h2><span class=\"sc-pLyYM jSoFdp\">Show all 51</span></header></div><aside class=\"sc-oTpcS gqBRFN\"><amp-state id=\"gallery_13964\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"/><amp-lightbox layout=\"nodisplay\" id=\"gallery-2402\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-nodisplay\" hidden=\"hidden\" i-amphtml-layout=\"nodisplay\"><header class=\"sc-qYhdC jJANqp\"><h3 class=\"sc-pRPKI fSTpnR\"><span class=\"sc-psDXd jwgzZj\"><span true=\"\" :=\"\"><span :=\"\" floor=\"\">1</span>/51</span></span><span class=\"sc-pJvzD bhDCZo\">UK news in pictures</span></h3><button class=\"close-btn\" on=\"tap:gallery-2402.close\"><span class=\"sc-qOxXJ sc-qancl jdQcvL\">\n<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 28 28\"><path d=\"M16.8 14L28 25.2 25.2 28 14 16.8 2.9 28 0 25.2 11.2 14 0 2.8 2.9 0 14 11.2 25.2 0 28 2.8 16.8 14z\"/></svg>\n</span></button></header><div class=\"sc-pAYia jsheXK gallery-carousel\"><amp-carousel controls=\"true\" layout=\"fill\" type=\"slides\" loop=\"\" on=\"slideChange:AMP.setState({ gallery_13964: { currentIndex: event.index } })\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fill i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fill\"><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">5 March 2021</h4></header><p>People go for a walk at The Dream a sculptor in Sutton Manor, St Helens, Merseyside, on a clear Spring day</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">4 March 2021</h4></header><p>Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a visit to the Centre for Virus Research at Glasgow University in Glasgow</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">3 March 2021</h4></header><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">2 March 2021</h4></header><p>A train rounds the coast and heads towards the Carbis Bay Estate hotel and beach, which is set to be the main venue for the upcoming G7 summit</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">1 March 2021</h4></header><p>Newborn lambs in a field at A J Thompson &amp; 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The WWII veteran raised nearly £33 million for NHS charities ahead of his 100th birthday last year by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. He was admitted to Bedford Hospital this weekend after testing positive for Covid-19 and died yesterday with his family present</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">2 February 2021</h4></header><p>Police officers remove an environmental activist protesting against the HS2 high speed rail line, from the roof of the HS2 office in central London on February 2, 2021. - Designed to run to the former industrial powerhouse Birmingham and then Manchester and Leeds, HS2 was supposed to follow on from London's southern Eurostar connection with Paris</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">AFP via Getty Images</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">1 February 2021</h4></header><p>Christine Barry lifts her son Oran, two, up to kiss a statue of St Brigid as they visit St Brigid's holy well in Co Kildare to mark St Brigid's Day which is seen by many in Ireland as the first day of Spring</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">31 January 2021</h4></header><p>People walk a dog in Pugneys Country Park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">30 January 2021</h4></header><p>Firefighters inspect the charred remains of a block at Napier Barracks after police have said a fire was started deliberately in Folkestone, England. Napier Barracks, part of the disused Somerset House Sir John Moore Army Barracks, has been used since last summer to house Asylum Seekers arriving from France to the South Coast. It has been reported that 120 of the 400 people being housed there have caught Coronavirus and a visiting doctor had described the living conditions as “inhumane”</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">29 January 2021</h4></header><p>Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community take part in Friday prayers at the Baitus Subhan Mosque in Croydon, England. For nearly the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic, and its resulting limits on public gatherings, have forced religious communities to find new ways to observe prayers, with many events being marked at home. Mosques as well as other places of religious worship remain open, though numbers have been limited to help maintain social distancing</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">28 January 2021</h4></header><p>Artwork depicting animals, created by Raymond and Leonard is displayed in the window of a house in Acton, London, to launch The Great Big Art Exhibition, the nation's largest ever exhibition, an initiative by Firstsite</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">27 January 2021</h4></header><p>Fishing boats, some abandoned, lie in the waters of the River Wyre at Fleetwood in Lancashire</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">26 January 2021</h4></header><p>A group of friends use a sheet to sledge in the snow-covered Lickey Hills Country Park, Birmingham</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">25 January 2021</h4></header><p>A cyclist watches the sun rise from Primrose Hill</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">24 Janaury 2021</h4></header><p>People go sledging in the snow on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">23 January 2021</h4></header><p>Denise Munday (left) and Ruth Richards (right) check on Ruth's rescued ex-battery hens, in flood water at her home near Naburn Lock in York following heavy rain during Storm Christoph</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">22 January 2021</h4></header><p>The clean up as floodwater begins to recede from the town of Northwich, Cheshire, in the aftermath of Storm Christoph</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">21 January 2021</h4></header><p>Members of the Emergency services work to evacuate Care Home residents after they became stranded by flood water, in Northwich, northwest England as Storm Christoph brings heavy rains and flooding across England</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">AFP via Getty</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">20 January 2021</h4></header><p>Flooding underneath the A46 at Six Hills Lane in Leicestershire, as Storm Christoph is set to bring widespread flooding, gales and snow to parts of the UK</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">19 January 2021</h4></header><p>A surfer rides a wave in the sea off of Boscombe beach in Dorset</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">18 January 2021</h4></header><p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands outside a room where technicians are manufacturing the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine at Oxford Biomedica, in Oxford</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">Reuters</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">17 January 2021</h4></header><p>People on the sea front in Brighton during England’s third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">16 January 2021</h4></header><p>Cubicles erected inside Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, for people to receive an injection of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">15 January 2021</h4></header><p>Vehicles negotiate a flooded road in Mountsorrel, Leciestershire, with a large swathe of England covered by 30 flood warnings by lunchtime Friday</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure><figure class=\"sc-pALIP lhXyXi\"><div><figcaption class=\"sc-pRDlx dHYhnw\"><header class=\"sc-pZzYQ jItBJu\"><h3 class=\"sc-prQTI crVqMP\">UK news in pictures</h3><h4 class=\"sc-oTcDH hqGoVX\">14 January 2021</h4></header><p>NHS workers from hospitals across the capital during a socially distanced protest outside Downing Street, London, timed to coincide with the weekly clap for heroes</p><p class=\"sc-paZra ejjPiN\">PA</p></figcaption></div></figure></amp-carousel><button class=\"caption-toggle\" on=\"tap:AMP.setState({hidden: !hidden})\" caption-toggle--open=\"\" :=\"\"><span class=\"sc-qWSYE sc-qQwPu bXSvFU\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 36\"> <g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"> <path d=\"M0 0L36 0 36 36 0 36z\"/> <path fill=\"#FFF\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M16.5 10.5h3v3h-3v-3zm0 6h3v9h-3v-9zM18 3C9.72 3 3 9.72 3 18c0 8.28 6.72 15 15 15 8.28 0 15-6.72 15-15 0-8.28-6.72-15-15-15zm0 27c-6.615 0-12-5.385-12-12S11.385 6 18 6s12 5.385 12 12-5.385 12-12 12z\"/> </g>\n</svg></span></button></div></amp-lightbox></aside></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“While we recognise that these were exceptional circumstances, there are standards that the public sector will always need to apply if it is to maintain public trust.”</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>A government spokesperson told <em>The Independent:</em> “We have been working tirelessly to deliver what is needed to protect our health and social care staff throughout this pandemic, within very short timescales and against a backdrop of unparalleled global demand.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“This has often meant having to award contracts at speed to secure the vital supplies required to protect NHS workers and the public. We are committed to publishing all contracts and to date we have published 99 per cent of these in the official journal of the EU and we are working to publish outstanding contracts as soon as possible”.</p></div><div class=\"sc-qanuI hawrqr\"><p>“As the 2020 NAO report recognised, all of the NHS providers audited were always able to get what they needed in time, thanks to the effort of government, the NHS, armed forces, civil servants and industry, who delivered over 8.8 billion items of PPE to the frontline at record speed.”</p></div></div>\r\n"
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