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class="sidebar-content" style="background:#cdceff;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;padding-bottom:0;background:#8081f7;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;;color: var(--color-base)">Locations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_London" title="COVID-19 pandemic in London">London</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Countries</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_England" title="COVID-19 pandemic in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wales">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Crown_Dependencies" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guernsey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Anguilla" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bermuda" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Gibraltar" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montserrat" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>British Overseas Territories without confirmed cases</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background:#cdceff;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;padding-bottom:0;background:#8081f7;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;;color: var(--color-base)">Timelines</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2020)">January-June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2020)">July–December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2021)">January-June 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2021)">July–December 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2022)">January-June 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2022)">July-December 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(2023)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2023)">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(2024)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2024)">2024</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>England</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (January–June 2020)">January-June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (July–December 2020)">July–December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Scotland</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Wales</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Northern Ireland</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background:#cdceff;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;padding-bottom:0;background:#8081f7;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;;color: var(--color-base)">Key topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><b>Healthcare</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">Vaccination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_hospitals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom">Temporary hospitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_passports_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID passports in the United Kingdom">COVID passports</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Government response</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contract controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">Lockdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Covid-19_Inquiry" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Covid-19 Inquiry">Public inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">Contact tracing</a></li> <li>Military (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Rescript" title="Operation Rescript">Domestic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Broadshare" title="Operation Broadshare">Overseas</a>)</li></ul> 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Shortages of <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">personal protective equipment</a> (PPE) were a particular political issue for the <a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">second Johnson ministry</a>. This led to the awarding of a number of contracts without a <a href="/wiki/Competitive_tendering" class="mw-redirect" title="Competitive tendering">competitive tendering</a> process, and friends of political figures and people who had made political donations were quickly given contracts. </p><p>As a result, accusations of <a href="/wiki/Cronyism" title="Cronyism">cronyism</a> were made against the Conservative government, and in September 2024 the new <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> government announced a commissioner would be appointed and investigations begun into any criminal activity.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shortages_of_PPE_and_equipment">Shortages of PPE and equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Shortages of PPE and equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Shortages_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic">Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic</a></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Global_spread_of_H5N1_in_2007" title="Global spread of H5N1 in 2007">2007 H5N1 influenza outbreak</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> (NHS) trusts had conducted simulations of <a href="/wiki/Influenza_pandemic" title="Influenza pandemic">influenza-like pandemics</a>. Russell King, an NHS resilience manager, said; "the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> had identified the availability and distribution of PPE [personal protective equipment] as a pinch point in a pandemic".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg/170px-A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg/255px-A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg/340px-A_doctor_wearing_personal_protective_equipment_for_treating_patients_with_COVID-19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3705" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>A doctor wearing <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">PPE</a> to prevent exposure to COVID-19</figcaption></figure> <p>Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the government was criticised for the lack of PPE available to NHS workers, and there was pressure to quickly supply such PPE.<sup id="cite_ref-Kemp_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kemp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK government said it did not take part in an 8 April bid for €1.5bn (£1.3bn) worth of PPE by members of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU), or any bids under the EU Joint Procurement Agreement, which was set up in 2014 after the <a href="/wiki/Pandemic_H1N1/09_virus" title="Pandemic H1N1/09 virus">H1N1 influenza pandemic</a><sup id="cite_ref-Boffey_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boffey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because the UK had <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">left the EU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Financial_Times_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Financial_Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement allows EU countries to purchase as a bloc, securing the best prices and allowing quick procurement at a time of shortages. Under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Brexit_withdrawal_agreement" title="Brexit withdrawal agreement">Brexit withdrawal agreement</a>, the UK government had the right to take part in the bid until 31 December 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Boffey_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boffey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020, the government called for British industry to manufacture <a href="/wiki/Ventilator" title="Ventilator">medical ventilators</a> for the NHS. <a href="/wiki/Dyson_(company)" title="Dyson (company)">Dyson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock</a> revealed plans to manufacture 30,000 ventilators, a number seen as necessary based on modelling from China. The "ventilator challenge" involved companies such as <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce" title="Rolls-Royce">Rolls-Royce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Company sources later told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> this was known to be impractical at the time; the ventilators suggested by the government were crude and would not have been able to be used in hospitals. None of the companies involved reached the final stages of testing and most were ultimately, superfluous.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Doctors%27_Association_UK" title="The Doctors' Association UK">The Doctors' Association UK</a> said on 31 March 2020 shortages were covered up with intimidating emails, threats of disciplinary action and, in two cases, doctors being sent home from work. Some doctors were disciplined after managers were annoyed by material they had posted online about the shortages.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking to <a href="/wiki/Nafeez_Ahmed" title="Nafeez Ahmed">Nafeez Ahmed</a> in April, former <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO) employee <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Costello" title="Anthony Costello">Anthony Costello</a> said; "We simply don't have enough PPE. Not enough visors, not enough N95 respirators. [The] government is not following WHO guidelines."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 April, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a> reported 400,000 protective gowns and other PPE were on their way to the UK from Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One day later, they were delayed, leading hospital leaders to criticise the government for the first time since the pandemic began.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shipment arrived at Istanbul airport <i>en route</i> to the UK two days after ministers said the PPE would reach the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only 32,000 gowns arrived—less than one-tenth of the order—despite the NHS making a <a href="/wiki/Down_payment" title="Down payment">down payment</a> to secure their arrival on 22 April.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PPE shipment was ultimately returned to Turkey because it did not meet NHS standards.<sup id="cite_ref-Rawlinson_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rawlinson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May, it was learnt almost half of England's doctors sourced their own PPE or relied on donations when none was available through normal NHS channels.<sup id="cite_ref-Rawlinson_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rawlinson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bypassing_the_open_call_for_bids">Bypassing the open call for bids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bypassing the open call for bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Byline_Times" title="Byline Times">Byline Times</a></i>, the UK usually publishes an <a href="/wiki/Open_call_for_bids" class="mw-redirect" title="Open call for bids">open call for bids</a> to provide PPE in the <i><a href="/wiki/Official_Journal_of_the_European_Union" title="Official Journal of the European Union">Official Journal of the European Union</a></i>. The newspaper said according to EU directives, the government does not have to open up a contract to competition when there is an "extreme urgency" to buy goods or services, and can directly approach companies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Department of Health and Social Care">Department of Health and Social Care</a> (DHSC), local NHS bodies and other government agencies directly approached firms to provide services, bypassing the EU's tendering process—in some cases without a "call for competition".<sup id="cite_ref-Komarnyckyj_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Komarnyckyj-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>Byline Times</i>, emergency procurement procedures under regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which allows for the sourcing of goods without a formal tendering process, were invoked.<sup id="cite_ref-Delahunty1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Delahunty1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 February 2021, the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a> ruled the government had violated the law by not publishing contract awards within 30 days.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tendering-process_concerns"><span class="anchor" id="Tendering_process_concerns"></span>Tendering-process concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tendering-process concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Audit_Office_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Audit Office (United Kingdom)">National Audit Office</a> (NAO) said £10.5 billion of the overall £18 billion spent on pandemic-related contracts (58 per cent) was awarded directly to suppliers without competitive tender, with PPE accounting for 80 per cent of the contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc18nov20_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc18nov20-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK government was competing with governments worldwide and, to satisfy the unprecedented demand for PPE, had awarded contracts hastily and bypassed normal competitive tendering processes to secure supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc18nov20_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc18nov20-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the NAO report, the <a href="/wiki/Good_Law_Project" title="Good Law Project">Good Law Project</a> advocacy group opened a number of cases against the DHSC. The Good Law Project questioned the awarding of PPE contracts worth over £250 million to Michael Saiger, who headed an American jewellery company and had no experience in supplying PPE;<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the contracts involved a £21 million payment to <a href="/wiki/Intermediary" title="Intermediary">intermediary</a> Gabriel González Andersson.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The contract was not advertised and there was no competitive tender process.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Transparency_International_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Transparency International UK">Transparency International UK</a> found one-fifth of the contracts "raised red flags for possible corruption".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fast-track "VIP lane", which awarded funding at a rate 10 times higher than other routes, prioritised <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> donors and others connected with the party.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a leaked document from the Good Law Project on 16 November 2021 that was published before its planned official release by the government, 47 companies were referred to this route. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> referred Meller Designs, which received £164m in PPE contracts,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Liaoning Zhongqiao Overseas Exchange Co, which received a $15m contract for PPE, to this route. A spokesperson for Gove said the referral was not improper. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a> referred Excalibur Healthcare, which received contracts worth £135.4m; Nine United, which received a contract worth £80.7m; and Monarch Acoustics, which received a contract worth £28.8m. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gummer,_Baron_Chadlington" title="Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington">Lord Chadlington</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Feldman,_Baron_Feldman_of_Elstree" title="Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree">Lord Feldman</a> referred SG Recruitment which received £79.6m of contracts; Skinnydip Ltd, which received a contract worth £12.8m; and Maxima Markets, which received a contract worth £1.85m. Feldman told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> he had no previous knowledge of the companies or commercial relationship with their owners, and that the companies were referred to him by third parties, and he had no knowledge they became fast-tracked. <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Agnew,_Baron_Agnew_of_Oulton" title="Theodore Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton">Lord Agnew</a> referred Uniserve–one of the largest recipients of non-open tender pandemic agreements that received eight contracts worth £876m; Worldlink Resource, which received £258m of contracts; and Euthenia Investments, which received a contract worth £880,000). The Cabinet Office said Agnew had been referring companies that approached his office. Uniserve said the DHSC had approached it directly and that it had no connections with Agnew. <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Mone" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelle Mone">Michelle Mone</a> is listed as referring PPE Medpro, which received two contracts worth £202.8m;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2020, Mone's lawyers had told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> she did not have "any role or function in PPE Medpro, nor in the process by which contracts were awarded to PPE Medpro".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i>, the government gave £1.5 billion to companies that are linked to the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-PogCal_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogCal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the NAO said there was "no evidence" ministers were "involved in either the award or management of the contracts",<sup id="cite_ref-bbc18nov20_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc18nov20-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> companies that had links to government ministers, politicians and health officials were put in a high-priority channel<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that was fast-tracked; those in it were ten times more likely to win a contract.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc18nov20_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc18nov20-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an opinion piece, BBC economics correspondent <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Verity" title="Andrew Verity">Andrew Verity</a> said there was an increased risk contracts would be seen to be "awarded not on merit or value for money but because of personal connections" when fast-tracking occurs.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc18nov20_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc18nov20-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A landmark study revealed widespread corruption risks in UK government Covid contracts worth over £15 billion, accounting for nearly a third of pandemic-related spending. The investigation, conducted by Transparency International UK, found systemic issues such as lack of competition, opaque accounting, and conflicts of interest in over 135 contracts. Political connections and the controversial VIP lane were flagged, with £1 billion wasted on unusable PPE. Despite the urgency of the pandemic, the report criticized the government's overreliance on non-competitive procurement, leading to significant waste. Labour pledged a Covid corruption commissioner to investigate the £7.6 billion lost to fraud and mismanagement.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alleged_cronyism">Alleged cronyism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alleged cronyism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dido_Harding_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Dido_Harding_2013.jpg/170px-Dido_Harding_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Dido_Harding_2013.jpg/255px-Dido_Harding_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Dido_Harding_2013.jpg/340px-Dido_Harding_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2142" data-file-height="2937" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dido_Harding" title="Dido Harding">The Baroness Harding</a>, a Tory peer, was appointed to run <a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a>, leading to accusations of cronyism</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Dido_Harding" title="Dido Harding">The Baroness Harding</a>, a Conservative peer and the wife of Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/John_Penrose" title="John Penrose">John Penrose</a>, was appointed to run <a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PogCal_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogCal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Health_Security_Agency" title="UK Health Security Agency">UK Health Security Agency</a> in April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harding's appointment was also seen as controversial due to her involvement in organising the <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Festival" title="Cheltenham Festival">Cheltenham Festival</a>, an annual horse-racing event in early March whose 2020 edition was alleged to be a possible early <a href="/wiki/Superspreading_event" title="Superspreading event">superspreading event</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Coupe" title="Mike Coupe">Mike Coupe</a>, a friend of Harding,<sup id="cite_ref-Guard21nov_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard21nov-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> took a three-month appointment as head of infection testing at NHS Test and Trace.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Good Law Project and the <a href="/wiki/Runnymede_Trust" title="Runnymede Trust">Runnymede Trust</a> brought a legal case that alleged Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> acted unlawfully in securing the two contracts, and had chosen the recipients because of their connections to the Conservative Party;<sup id="cite_ref-Guard21nov_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard21nov-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the case was still ongoing, although previous action over <a href="/wiki/Kate_Bingham" title="Kate Bingham">Kate Bingham</a>'s non-competitive appointment as head of the <a href="/wiki/Vaccine_Taskforce" title="Vaccine Taskforce">vaccine taskforce</a> was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesman for the government told <i>The Guardian</i>; "We do not comment on ongoing legal proceedings."<sup id="cite_ref-Guard21nov_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard21nov-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The DHSC appointed <a href="/wiki/George_Pascoe-Watson" title="George Pascoe-Watson">George Pascoe-Watson</a>, chair of <a href="/wiki/Portland_Communications" title="Portland Communications">Portland Communications</a>, to an unpaid advisory position and he participated in daily strategic discussions that were chaired by <a href="/wiki/James_Bethell,_5th_Baron_Bethell" title="James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell">Lord Bethell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pascoe-Watson sent information about government policy to his clients before it was made public.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative peer <a href="/wiki/James_O%27Shaughnessy,_Baron_O%27Shaughnessy" title="James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy">Lord O'Shaughnessy</a> was paid as an "external adviser" to the DHSC when he was a paid adviser to Portland Communications. In May 2020, O'Shaughnessy participated in a call with Bethell and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Consulting_Group" title="Boston Consulting Group">Boston Consulting Group</a> (BCG), a Portland client that received £21 million in contracts on the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing" title="COVID-19 testing">COVID-19 testing</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-PogCal_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogCal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BCG management consultants were paid up to £6,250 per day to help reorganise the Test and Trace system.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg/220px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg/330px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg/440px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_home_test_kit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>A Randox PCR home test kit in the UK, showing the swab, and multi-layer packaging to deliver it to the lab</figcaption></figure> <p>Other allegations of cronyism include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faculty_(company)" title="Faculty (company)">Faculty</a>, which worked with <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a> for <a href="/wiki/Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Vote Leave</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">Brexit referendum</a>, has received government contracts since 2018. After Boris Johnson became prime minister, Cummings recruited <a href="/wiki/Ben_Warner" title="Ben Warner">Ben Warner</a>, a former Faculty employee who worked on Vote Leave, to work with him in <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street" title="Downing Street">Downing Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardChums_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardChums-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hanbury Strategy, a policy and lobbying consultancy, was paid £648,000 for two contracts: one that was awarded under the emergency procedures to research "public attitudes and behaviours" in relation to the pandemic, and one, at a level not requiring a tender, to conduct weekly polling. The company was co-founded by Paul Stephenson, director of communications for Vote Leave and a contender for the post <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street_Chief_of_Staff" title="Downing Street Chief of Staff">Downing Street Chief of Staff</a>. In March 2019, Hanbury was tasked with assessing job applications for Conservative special advisers.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardChums_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardChums-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gina Coladangelo, a close friend of <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a> with no-known health background, was paid £15,000 as a non-executive director of the DHSC on a six-month contract; Coladangelo accompanied Hancock to confidential meetings with civil servants although there was no public record of the appointment. She received a parliamentary pass sponsored by Bethell, although she is not part of Bethell's team.<sup id="cite_ref-PogrundNov22_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogrundNov22-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coladangelo resigned from her position after it was revealed she and Hancock were having an <a href="/wiki/Extramarital_affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Extramarital affair">extramarital affair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Alex Bourne, a former neighbour and owner of the Cock Inn public house, which is near Hancock's constituency home, received a contract that involved supplying "tens of millions of vials for NHS Covid-19 tests".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PPE_and_equipment_contracts">PPE and equipment contracts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PPE and equipment contracts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2020, Ayanda Capital, a <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>-based investment firm with no prior public-health experience, received a £252 million contract to supply face masks. The contract included an order for 50 million high-strength <a href="/wiki/FFP_standards#FFP2_mask" class="mw-redirect" title="FFP standards">FFP2 medical masks</a> that did not meet NHS standards because they had elastic ear loops instead of the required straps that tie behind the wearer's head.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the company, they adhered to the specifications they were given.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andrew Mills, an adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">Board of Trade</a>–a branch of <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Department_for_International_Trade" title="Department for International Trade">Department for International Trade</a>–whose involvement was criticised by the Good Law Project, arranged the contract.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardChums_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardChums-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the DIT, neither it nor the Board of Trade was involved in the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardChums_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardChums-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg/170px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg/255px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg/340px-Randox_COVID-19_PCR_drop-off_location.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>A Randox sample drop box</figcaption></figure> <p>Former <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Feldman,_Baron_Feldman_of_Elstree" title="Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree">Lord Feldman</a> was appointed as an unpaid adviser to Conservative peer <a href="/wiki/James_Bethell,_5th_Baron_Bethell" title="James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell">Lord Bethell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Feldman was present when Bethell awarded Meller Designs, which is owned by <a href="/wiki/David_Meller" title="David Meller">David Meller</a>, who gave £63,000 to the Conservative Party–mostly when Feldman was chair–£163 million in contracts for PPE on 6 April.<sup id="cite_ref-PogCal_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogCal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, Conservative MP and former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> <a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a> participated in a telephone call with Bethell and <a href="/wiki/Randox_Laboratories" class="mw-redirect" title="Randox Laboratories">Randox Laboratories</a>, who pay Paterson £100,000 a year as a consultant. The <a href="/wiki/Grand_National" title="Grand National">Grand National</a>, the biggest sporting event of the <a href="/wiki/Jockey_Club" title="Jockey Club">Jockey Club</a>, whose executive board Harding and Paterson's late wife <a href="/wiki/Rose_Paterson" title="Rose Paterson">Rose</a> sat on, is sponsored by Randox, who received £479 million in testing contracts. Orders continued after Randox had to recall 500,000 tests because of safety concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-PogCal_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PogCal-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson#Lobbying_and_breach_of_Commons_advocacy_rules" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson lobbying scandal</a>, it was reported in March 2020 Randox was awarded a £133 million contract from the DHSC to produce testing kits at a cost of £49 each<sup id="cite_ref-garside_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garside-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with no other firms being given the opportunity to bid for the work.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six months later, a further £347 million contract was awarded to Randox without other companies being able to bid.<sup id="cite_ref-garside_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garside-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the largest government PPE contracts went to Crisp Websites (trading as <a href="/wiki/PestFix" title="PestFix">PestFix</a>), a business specialising in supplying PPE to protect users from airborne chemicals in pest-control settings.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Safety_Council_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Safety_Council-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2020, PestFix secured a contract with the DHSC for a £32 million batch of isolation suits; three months after the contract was signed, suits from PestFix were not released for use in the NHS because they were in an NHS supply-chain warehouse awaiting safety assessments.<sup id="cite_ref-Kemp_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kemp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Health_and_Safety_Executive" title="Health and Safety Executive">Health and Safety Executive</a> (HSE) concluded supplies of PPE had not been specified to the correct standard for use in hospitals when they were bought. That June, an email from a firm working with the HSE in June said there was "<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>'political' pressure" to get the suits through the quality-assurance process.<sup id="cite_ref-Kemp_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kemp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gowns were approved for use and released to hospitals during mid-2020; HSE chief executive Sarah Albon said claims her organisation was under 'political' pressure to approve PPE were untrue.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Safety_Council_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Safety_Council-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 25 November 2020 letter, Albon wrote: "At no time in the management of PPE supply have any HSE staff indicated that there were feelings of pressure being applied to make specific decisions, to change decisions, or to accept lower standards than required of PPE".<sup id="cite_ref-British_Safety_Council_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Safety_Council-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Albon, technical assessments sometimes had to be repeated; the gowns' release to hospitals after failing the first inspection did not mean they were unsuitable or unsafe; saying: "In such cases HSE may have asked the supply chain to obtain further information, or to arrange for further testing, to verify the product. In these cases, products that initially had insufficient or incorrect information provided may have been subsequently reassessed and agreed for supply when those gaps had been addressed."<sup id="cite_ref-British_Safety_Council_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Safety_Council-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The contract was challenged in the courts by the Good Law Project, which asked why the DHSC had agreed to pay 75 per cent in advance when the provider was "wholly unsuited" to deliver such a large and important order.<sup id="cite_ref-Kemp_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kemp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Good Law Project discovered the company had been awarded PPE contracts worth £313 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Adams_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PPE_Medpro_controversy">PPE Medpro controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: PPE Medpro controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone" title="Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone">Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_Mone_(Ultimo_founder)_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Michelle_Mone_%28Ultimo_founder%29_2013.jpg/220px-Michelle_Mone_%28Ultimo_founder%29_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Michelle_Mone_%28Ultimo_founder%29_2013.jpg/330px-Michelle_Mone_%28Ultimo_founder%29_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Michelle_Mone_%28Ultimo_founder%29_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="489" /></a><figcaption>It was reported that <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone" title="Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone">Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone</a> (pictured in 2013) and her children had secretly received £29 million of profits to an offshore trust from government <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">PPE</a> contracts, which she had lobbied for during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="House of Lords Commissioner for Standards">House of Lords Commissioner for Standards</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Agency" title="National Crime Agency">National Crime Agency</a> launched investigations into Mone's links to these contracts in January 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 2020 it was revealed that PPE Medpro, a company led by Anthony Page, a business associate of <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone" title="Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone">Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone</a> and her husband Doug Barrowman, had been awarded a contract for £122 million to supply <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">personal protective equipment</a> (PPE) to the NHS during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Herald_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Herald-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page resigned as secretary for MGM Media, the company that manages and receives payment for Mone's branding and media engagements and on the same day he formed Medpro.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Herald_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Herald-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, a spokeswoman for Mone stated she "has no role or involvement in PPE Medpro", adding: "Mr Barrowman is also not involved in the company PPE Medpro and is not a Director or Shareholder."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="tabloid (December 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It later emerged that a second contract for £80 million was awarded to Medpro even earlier when the company was just 4 weeks old.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2021, a <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom of Information">Freedom of Information</a> request revealed that Mone personally recommended the company to the government through its VIP fast-track lane for firms with political connections and that the company was awarded £200 million in government contracts. This high-priority process was set up in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to bypass the normal competitive tender process for procurement that was considered urgent. It further emerged in January 2022 that Mone recommended Medpro for a government contract five days before the company had been formed.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Mone's lawyers stated that she "was not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity" but documents leaked to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> revealed that a director of the company was a long term employee of Mone's husband's company. <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a> messages seen by <i>The Guardian</i> appeared to show Mone discussing the size of garments that formed part of a contract. Lawyers for Mone and her husband denied the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a complaint by the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> peer <a href="/wiki/George_Foulkes,_Baron_Foulkes_of_Cumnock" title="George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock">George Foulkes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="House of Lords Commissioner for Standards">House of Lords commissioner for standards</a> launched an investigation into the relationship between Mone and Medpro in January 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 April 2022, Mone's homes in London and on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> and associated business addresses were raided by the police, who have launched an investigation into potential fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-NCA_investigation_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCA_investigation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Agency" title="National Crime Agency">National Crime Agency</a> is pursuing a tandem investigation into PPE Medpro.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, <i>The Guardian</i> reported that an Isle of Man trust, of which Mone and her adult children are beneficiaries, had received £29 million originating from PPE Medpro via a series of offshore transactions involving Barrowman. Her lawyer had previously said she did not declare PPE Medpro in the House of Lords register of financial interests as "she did not benefit financially and was not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mone also lobbied for LFI Diagnostics, a company established as a secret entity of her husband Barrowman's <a href="/wiki/Family_office" title="Family office">family office</a>, Knox family office.<sup id="cite_ref-Second_firm_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Second_firm-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unnamed source told <i>The Guardian</i> that Mone was "in a class of her own in terms of the sheer aggression of her advocacy" for LFI Diagnostics. On 6 December 2022, Mone's spokesperson said she was taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect "in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her."<sup id="cite_ref-leave_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leave-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Second_firm_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Second_firm-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 December 2022 it emerged that the government would sue PPE Medpro for £122m plus costs. The government said that medical gowns which were supplied by the company "did not comply with the specification in the contract" and could not be used in the NHS. 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scandal">Greensill scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic#Brexit" title="Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic">Impact on Brexit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Research_Group" title="Northern Research Group">Northern Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson" title="Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson">Privileges Committee investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="UK COVID-19 Inquiry">Public inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry">Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_House_of_Commons" title="Virtual House of Commons">Virtual House of Commons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science<br />and<br />healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antivirals_Taskforce_(UK)" title="Antivirals Taskforce (UK)">Antiviral Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Coronavirus_Cancer_Monitoring_Project" title="UK Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project">Cancer Monitoring Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Genomics_UK_Consortium" title="COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium">COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Symptom_Study" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID Symptom Study">COVID Symptom Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_passports_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 passports in the United Kingdom">COVID passports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RECOVERY_Trial" title="RECOVERY Trial">RECOVERY Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PANORAMIC_trial" title="PANORAMIC trial">PANORAMIC trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGILE" title="AGILE">AGILE</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_hospitals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom">Temporary hospitals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Birmingham" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber">Harrogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_London" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_West" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North West">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_East" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North East">Washington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Louisa_Jordan" title="NHS Louisa Jordan">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital" title="Dragon's Heart Hospital">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Sports_Park#Florence_Nightingale_Field_Hospital" title="Europa Sports Park">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey#Nightingale_hospital" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 testing in the United Kingdom">Testing programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHS_COVID-19" title="NHS COVID-19">NHS COVID-19 app</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a> (England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test,_Trace,_Protect" title="Test, Trace, Protect">Test, Trace, Protect</a> (Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Moonshot" title="Operation Moonshot">Operation Moonshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_to_Release" title="Test to Release">Test to Release</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Rapid_Test_Consortium" title="UK Rapid Test Consortium">UK Rapid Test Consortium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">Vaccination programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine" title="Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine">Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Commission%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine_dispute" title="European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute">European Commission–AstraZeneca dispute</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_Manufacturing_and_Innovation_Centre" title="Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre">Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_Taskforce" title="Vaccine Taskforce">Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_COVID-19_Vaccine_Deployment" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_legislation_connected_with_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom legislation connected with the COVID-19 pandemic">Legislation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Health_(Control_of_Disease)_Act_1984" title="Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984">Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_budget" title="2020 United Kingdom budget">2020 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2020" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2020">Contingencies Fund Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2021" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2021">Contingencies Fund Act 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_United_Kingdom_summer_statement" title="July 2020 United Kingdom summer statement">Coronavirus mini-budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_United_Kingdom_Winter_Economy_Plan" title="September 2020 United Kingdom Winter Economy Plan">Winter Economy Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Duty_Land_Tax_(Temporary_Relief)_Act_2020" title="Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020">Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_Insolvency_and_Governance_Act_2020" title="Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020">Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_and_Planning_Act_2020" title="Business and Planning Act 2020">Business and Planning Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_Court" title="Nightingale Court">Nightingale Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_Recovery_Fund" title="Culture Recovery Fund">Culture Recovery Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_United_Kingdom_budget" title="March 2021 United Kingdom budget">2021 budget</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revoked</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Business_Closure)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_local_lockdown_regulations_in_England" title="COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England">COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_COVID-19_tier_regulations_in_England" title="First COVID-19 tier regulations in England">First COVID-19 tier regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._4)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, International Travel (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_on_Public_Transport)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings on Public Transport (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_in_a_Relevant_Place)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings in a Relevant Place (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Steps)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Local_Authority_Enforcement_Powers_and_Amendment)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Local Authority Enforcement...) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._3)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Self-Isolation)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel_and_Operator_Liability)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Act_2020" title="Coronavirus Act 2020">Coronavirus Act 2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Expired<br />or spent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(No._2)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Entry_to_Venues_and_Events)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers_and_Self-Isolation)_(England)_(Amendment)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Job_Retention_Scheme" title="Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme">Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contract controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">Lockdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eat_Out_to_Help_Out" title="Eat Out to Help Out">Eat Out to Help Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Travel_Taskforce" title="Global Travel Taskforce">Global Travel Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Tutoring_Programme" title="National Tutoring Programme">National Tutoring Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_for_Britain" title="Pick for Britain">Pick for Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Birch" title="Project Birch">Project Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Can_you_look_them_in_the_eyes%3F" title="Can you look them in the eyes?">Can you look them in the eyes?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Covid_Recovery" title="Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery">Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery</a> (Scotland)</li> <li>Pre-pandemic exercises <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exercise_Cygnus" title="Exercise Cygnus">Exercise Cygnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coughs_and_sneezes_spread_diseases" title="Coughs and sneezes spread diseases">Coughs and sneezes spread diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_It,_Bin_It,_Kill_It" title="Catch It, Bin It, Kill It">Catch It, Bin It, Kill It</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rescript" title="Operation Rescript">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Broadshare" title="Operation Broadshare">Overseas territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timelines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (January–June 2020)">January–June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (July–December 2020)">July–December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Ireland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wales <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advisory<br />bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_COVID-19_Response_Team" title="Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team">Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_SAGE" title="Independent SAGE">Independent SAGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Biosecurity_Centre" title="Joint Biosecurity Centre">Joint Biosecurity Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Vaccination_and_Immunisation" title="Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation">Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_and_Emerging_Respiratory_Virus_Threats_Advisory_Group" title="New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group">New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies" title="Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies">Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Fenton" title="Kevin Fenton">Kevin Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Ferguson_(epidemiologist)" title="Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)">Neil Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido_Harding" title="Dido Harding">Dido Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Harries" title="Jenny Harries">Jenny Harries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Shen_Lim" title="Wei Shen Lim">Wei Shen Lim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Prosser" title="Phil Prosser">Phil Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Raine" title="June Raine">June Raine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Throup" title="Maggie Throup">Maggie Throup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vallance" title="Patrick Vallance">Patrick Vallance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van-Tam" title="Jonathan Van-Tam">Jonathan Van-Tam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitty" title="Chris Whitty">Chris Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Powis" title="Stephen Powis">Stephen Powis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Pritchard" title="Amanda Pritchard">Amanda Pritchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevens" title="Simon Stevens">Simon Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_McArdle" title="Charlotte McArdle">Charlotte McArdle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McBride_(doctor)" title="Michael McBride (doctor)">Michael McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Calderwood" title="Catherine Calderwood">Catherine Calderwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_FitzPatrick" title="Joe FitzPatrick">Joe FitzPatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeane_Freeman" title="Jeane Freeman">Jeane Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Leitch" title="Jason Leitch">Jason Leitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Smith" title="Gregor Smith">Gregor Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Sridhar" title="Devi Sridhar">Devi Sridhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Atherton" title="Frank Atherton">Frank Atherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media<br />depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Can_You_Hear_Me%3F_(Doctors)" title="Can You Hear Me? (Doctors)">"Can You Hear Me" (<i>Doctors</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(series_35)" class="mw-redirect" title="Casualty (series 35)"><i>Casualty</i> (series 35)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emergency_State_(book)" title="Emergency State (book)">Emergency State</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Failures_of_State" title="Failures of State">Failures of State</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grayson%27s_Art_Club" title="Grayson's Art Club">Grayson's Art Club</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Help_(2021_television_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Help (2021 television film)">Help</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hold_Still:_A_Portrait_of_Our_Nation_in_2020" title="Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020">Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isolation_Stories" title="Isolation Stories">Isolation Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Locked_Down_(film)" title="Locked Down (film)">Locked Down</a></i></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Covid-19_Bereaved_Families_for_Justice" title="Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice">COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Belly_Mujinga" title="Death of Belly Mujinga">Death of Belly Mujinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EveryDoctor" title="EveryDoctor">EveryDoctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Deaths_from_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Notable deaths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Blossom_Garden" title="London Blossom Garden">London Blossom Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lineage_B.1.1.7" class="mw-redirect" title="Lineage B.1.1.7">Lineage B.1.1.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Covid_Memorial_Wall" title="National Covid Memorial Wall">National Covid Memorial Wall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="Murder of David Amess">Murder of David Amess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine">United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2022 State Opening of Parliament">2022 State Opening of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_vote_of_confidence_in_the_Conservative_Party_leadership_of_Boris_Johnson" title="2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson">2022 Conservative Party confidence vote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_G7_summit" title="48th G7 summit">2022 G7 summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pincher_scandal" title="Chris Pincher scandal">Chris Pincher scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">July 2022 government crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">2022 cabinet reshuffle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">Conservative Party leadership election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_vote_of_confidence_in_the_Johnson_ministry" title="2022 vote of confidence in the Johnson ministry">2022 vote of confidence in the Johnson ministry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours_(Boris_Johnson)" title="2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours (Boris Johnson)">Resignation Honours</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><span style="padding:0em 0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Political positions of Boris Johnson">Political positions</a></span></li> <li><span style="padding:0em 0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Boris_Johnson" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Boris Johnson">International trips</a></span></li> <li><span style="padding:0em 0.25em:"><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a></span></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Boris_Johnson_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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Car">London Cable Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Bridge" title="Garden Bridge">Garden Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Tube" title="Night Tube">Night Tube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri" title="Jennifer Arcuri">Jennifer Arcuri</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other offices held</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a> (2019–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Chair-in-Office" title="Commonwealth Chair-in-Office">Commonwealth Chair-in-Office</a> (2019–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson_as_Foreign_Secretary" title="Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary">Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Higher_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Higher Education">Shadow Minister for Higher Education</a> (2005–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_the_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for the Arts">Shadow Minister for the Arts</a> (2004)</li> <li>MP for <a href="/wiki/Henley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Henley (UK Parliament constituency)">Henley</a> (2001–2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Electoral history of Boris Johnson">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_London_mayoral_election" title="2008 London mayoral election">2008</a> (Mayoral)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_London_mayoral_election" title="2012 London mayoral election">2012</a> (Mayoral)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> (General)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a> (Local)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a> (Local)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By Johnson</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friends,_Voters,_Countrymen" title="Friends, Voters, Countrymen">Friends, Voters, Countrymen</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seventy-Two_Virgins" title="Seventy-Two Virgins">Seventy-Two Virgins</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_of_Rome" title="The Dream of Rome">The Dream of Rome</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Churchill_Factor" title="The Churchill Factor">The Churchill Factor</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unleashed_(book)" title="Unleashed (book)">Unleashed</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">About Johnson</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Boris:_The_Rise_of_Boris_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson">Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boris_v._Ken" title="Boris v. Ken">Boris v. Ken</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Public image of Boris Johnson">Public <br />image</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural <br />depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Headcases" title="Headcases">Headcases</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Boris_Met_Dave" title="When Boris Met Dave">When Boris Met Dave</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newzoids" title="Newzoids">Newzoids</a></i> (2015–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Members_Only_(South_Park)" title="Members Only (South Park)">South Park</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brexit:_The_Uncivil_War" title="Brexit: The Uncivil War">Brexit: The Uncivil War</a></i> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vossi_Bop" title="Vossi Bop">Vossi Bop</a>" (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson_Is_a_Fucking_Cunt" title="Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt">Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt</a>" (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_Christmas" title="Can't Stop Christmas">Can't Stop Christmas</a>" (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image_(2020_TV_series)" title="Spitting Image (2020 TV series)">Spitting Image</a></i> (2020–2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_England_(TV_series)" title="This England (TV series)">This England</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DSP_(film)" title="DSP (film)">DSP</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partygate_(TV_drama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Partygate (TV drama)">Partygate</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Bullingdon_Club_photograph" title="1987 Bullingdon Club photograph">1987 Bullingdon Club photograph</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Greased_piglet" title="Greased piglet">Greased piglet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy" title="Dead cat strategy">Dead cat strategy</a>"</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegra_Mostyn-Owen" title="Allegra Mostyn-Owen">Allegra Mostyn-Owen</a> (first wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Wheeler" title="Marina Wheeler">Marina Wheeler</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Johnson" title="Carrie Johnson">Carrie Johnson</a> (third wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Johnson-Wheeler" title="Lara Johnson-Wheeler">Lara Johnson-Wheeler</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilyn" title="Dilyn">Dilyn</a> (dog)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Johnson_(writer)" title="Stanley Johnson (writer)">Stanley Johnson</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Johnson_Wahl" title="Charlotte Johnson Wahl">Charlotte Fawcett</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Johnson" title="Rachel Johnson">Rachel Johnson</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Fawcett" title="Edmund Fawcett">Edmund Fawcett</a> (uncle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fawcett" title="James Fawcett">James Fawcett</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kemal" title="Ali Kemal">Ali Kemal</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Avery_Lowe" title="Elias Avery Lowe">Elias Avery Lowe</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Tracy_Lowe-Porter" title="Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter">H. 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Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">57th</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (2022–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18th <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a> (2022–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> (2020–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">33rd <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a> (2019–2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Local_Government_and_Building_Safety" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government</a> (2018–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">MP for <a href="/wiki/Richmond_and_Northallerton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond and Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond and Northallerton</a> (2024–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">MP for <a href="/wiki/Richmond_(Yorks)_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)">Richmond (Yorks)</a> (2015–2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Rishi_Sunak" title="Premiership of Rishi Sunak">Premiership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellorship_of_Jeremy_Hunt" title="Chancellorship of Jeremy Hunt">Chancellorship of Jeremy Hunt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_2022_United_Kingdom_autumn_statement" title="November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement">November 2022 autumn statement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_budget" title="2023 United Kingdom budget">2023 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2023_United_Kingdom_autumn_statement" title="November 2023 United Kingdom autumn statement">November 2023 autumn statement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2024_United_Kingdom_budget" title="March 2024 United Kingdom budget">March 2024 budget</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost-of-living_crisis" title="2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis">Cost-of-living crisis</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/May_2023_European_visits_by_Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="May 2023 European visits by Volodymyr Zelenskyy">May 2023 European visits by Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 cabinet reshuffles <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2023_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="February 2023 British cabinet reshuffle">February</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2023_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle">November</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron_as_Foreign_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="David Cameron as Foreign Secretary">David Cameron as Foreign Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Framework" title="Windsor Framework">Windsor Framework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockdown_Files" title="Lockdown Files">Lockdown Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla" title="Coronation of Charles III and Camilla">Coronation of Charles III and Camilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_G7_summit" title="49th G7 summit">2023 G7 summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_AI_Safety_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 AI Safety Summit">2023 AI Safety Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Channel_migrant_crossings_(2018%E2%80%93present)" title="English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present)">English Channel migrant crossings</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_the_boats" title="Stop the boats">Stop the boats</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan" title="Rwanda asylum plan">Rwanda asylum plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illegal_Migration_Act_2023" title="Illegal Migration Act 2023">Illegal Migration Act 2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_of_Rwanda_(Asylum_and_Immigration)_Act_2024" title="Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom and the Israel–Hamas war">War in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2023 State Opening of Parliament">2023 State Opening of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_of_Rwanda_(Asylum_and_Immigration)_Act_2024" title="Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_G7_summit" title="50th G7 summit">2024 G7 summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Plan._Bold_Action._Secure_Future." title="Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future.">2024 Conservative manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Rishi_Sunak" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Rishi Sunak">International trips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_betting_scandal" title="2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal">Election betting scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Conservative_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Conservative Party leadership election (UK)">Leadership succession</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Rishi_Sunak_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Rishi_Sunak_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_Prime_Minister_Rishi_Sunak_%28cropped%29.jpg" 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title="Partygate">Partygate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">July 2022 government crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Covid-19_Inquiry" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Covid-19 Inquiry">inquiry</a></li></ul></li> <li>Budgets and statements <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_budget" title="2020 United Kingdom budget">2020 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_United_Kingdom_summer_statement" title="July 2020 United Kingdom summer statement">July 2020 summer statement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_United_Kingdom_Winter_Economy_Plan" title="September 2020 United Kingdom Winter Economy Plan">Winter Economy Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_United_Kingdom_budget" title="March 2021 United Kingdom budget">March 2021 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2021_United_Kingdom_budget" title="October 2021 United Kingdom budget">October 2021 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