Russell Scott
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Investigative Journalist. Book: https://t.co/z0sfXvGwyU Film: The Covid Contracts - https://t.co/o2d2kbMoIc
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š£I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale. š Buy a copy here: https://t.co/RLuuZUAGmC šØNow the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the
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I talk about both in my new book: VIP Lane. More details here: https://t.co/7g1kacMTyy
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The same firm also landed a PPE deal via the VIP lane after its owner contacted Matt Hancock on his personal email account š¤·āāļø https://t.co/KJcOAYlbfd
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Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers Ā£22 millionĀ
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It wasnāt just PPE and Covid tests the previous government wasted huge sums of money on. The Ventilator programme also had problems. šā¬ļø āThousands of Covid ventilators bought for Ā£50k flogged off for as little as Ā£100 onlineā. A write off of Ā£134m+ https://t.co/C19dCj0jz4
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The Good Law Project found the ventilator machines bought during the coronavirus pandemic are now up for grabs at online auctions, after being kept in expensive storage facilities
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The Sheer Scale of the āVIP Laneā PPE Scandal Has Still Not Been Revealed 5 Years On Evidence suggests that at 20+ more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth Ā£1B I reported this for @BylineTimes in April. https://t.co/4sFFB1w0vC š https://t.co/7g1kacMTyy
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New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth Ā£1 billion
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Baroness Mone isnāt the only Tory Peer named as a VIP Lane referrer. Also on the list: Lord Agnew Lord Gove Lord Leigh Lord Feldman Lord Chadlington Lord Marks Lord Deighton Lord Bethell Lord Lansley Lord Prior +10 other Tory MPās šā¤µļø Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
How did billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally go up in smoke? @RussellScott1 has been investigating the UK's biggest ever waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account. @GoldbergRadio @BylineTimes
https://t.co/eXC5EPYUfc
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The Sheer Scale of the āVIP Laneā PPE Scandal Has Still Not Been Revealed 5 Years On Evidence suggests that at 20+ more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth Ā£1B I reported this for @BylineTimes in April. https://t.co/4sFFB1w0vC š https://t.co/7g1kacMTyy
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New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth Ā£1 billion
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Watch also ITVās The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money. āļøāļøāļøāļøāļø The Guardian https://t.co/vh0O8IZDES
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This compelling documentary tells the untold story of how companies with little or no track record earned UK Government contracts and made a killing from Covid.
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Guess who wasnāt named on the VIP list: - Any Labour, Lib Dem, SNP, Green Party MPās - No other political party successfully referred a company into either of the VIP Lanes and that company then secure a contract. š¤·āāļø https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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My new book VIP Lane: Cronyism and the Pandemic is out now. https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of governmentāhow Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to...
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Baroness Mone isnāt the only Tory Peer named as a VIP Lane referrer. Also on the list: Lord Agnew Lord Gove Lord Leigh Lord Feldman Lord Chadlington Lord Marks Lord Deighton Lord Bethell Lord Lansley Lord Prior +10 other Tory MPās šā¤µļø Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
How did billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally go up in smoke? @RussellScott1 has been investigating the UK's biggest ever waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account. @GoldbergRadio @BylineTimes
https://t.co/eXC5EPYUfc
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My book: VIP Lane that exposes both of the previous governments shady VIP lanes during the pandemic is out now: https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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āThe whole case stands as a further indictment of the āVIP laneā and the flawed, wasteful procurement of PPE during the pandemicā Spot on from @DanielJBruce Great write up by David Conn ā¬ļø https://t.co/bLMKJZcg5Y
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The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds
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The previous government spent Ā£13bn+ on PPE during pandemic. Germany, France, etc - less than Ā£3bn. Ā£10bn was eventually written off with 1million pallets of PPE incinerated š„ VIP lanes allowed politically connected firms to make Ā£billions in profit. https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of governmentāhow Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to...
š½ļøThe Covid Contracts: Follow the Money -investigates how politically connected suppliers made a killing supplying PPE & test via the VIP lane. Watch our film that expose the biggest public spending scandal in UK history on ITVx here: https://t.co/vh0O8IZ5Pk
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I had a great chat with @GoldbergRadio on the @BylineTimesPod please do give it a listen ā¬ļø https://t.co/7g1kacMTyy
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The UK was the only country in the world to set up a VIP lane to procure PPEā¦ But thatās just the tip of the iceberg. The previous government also spent Ā£bās on a 2nd VIP lane procuring Covid Tests šØOnly referrals from the Conservative Party were successful ā¬ļø
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The UK was the only country in the world to set up a VIP lane to procure PPEā¦ But thatās just the tip of the iceberg. The previous government also spent Ā£bās on a 2nd VIP lane procuring Covid Tests šØOnly referrals from the Conservative Party were successful ā¬ļø
"No other political party was able to refer a company onto the VIP lane and then go on to win contracts..." Talking #PPE and the Tories crony contracts during the Covid era with @RussellScott1
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Half a million views now. I think we can safely say the public isnāt happy with the answers provided byBaroness Mone and Doug Barrowmans on their family trust funds. PPE Medpro is now in administration. So where has the Ā£122million gone?š¤·āāļøš š https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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Im no expert but I donāt think this excuse is going to wash with the public: āI donāt have the Ā£60m profit from the botched VIP Lane deal but my family trust fund doesā š¤·āāļø
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The previous government spent Ā£13bn+ on PPE during pandemic. Germany, France, etc - less than Ā£3bn. Ā£10bn was eventually written off with 1million pallets of PPE incinerated š„ VIP lanes allowed politically connected firms to make Ā£billions in profit. https://t.co/7g1kacNro6
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Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of governmentāhow Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to...
š½ļøThe Covid Contracts: Follow the Money -investigates how politically connected suppliers made a killing supplying PPE & test via the VIP lane. Watch our film that expose the biggest public spending scandal in UK history on ITVx here: https://t.co/vh0O8IZ5Pk
@BylineTimes
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If you want to read my book VIP Lane; Cronyism and the Pandemic, which is the subject of the documentary. Its available to buy here: https://t.co/KKwk8wUSxJ or all the usual places.
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š½ļøThe Covid Contracts: Follow the Money -investigates how politically connected suppliers made a killing supplying PPE & test via the VIP lane. Watch our film that expose the biggest public spending scandal in UK history on ITVx here: https://t.co/vh0O8IZ5Pk
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Great to speak to @GoldbergRadio for the @BylineTimesPod The previous governments PPE programme has been labelled the biggest public spending scandal in UK history. Ā£10b written off. Ā£8.6billion of unused PPE incinerated. The only country on the planet to establish a VIP
"At the last count, we had incinerated 1 million pallets of PPE - PPE that cost Ā£8.6 billion pounds to buy, literally up in smoke." @RussellScott1 talks #PPE scandal with @GoldbergRadio @BylineTimes
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