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Money for their mates

The High Court has now ruled Michael Gove broke the law by giving a contract to a communications agency run by long time associates of him and Dominic Cummings.

Case overview

The Court found that the decision to award the £560,000 contract to Public First was tainted by “apparent bias” and was unlawful.

You can read the judgment here.

Why do so many public contracts end up with friends of Dominic Cummings? Like us, you might have wondered. But, although reporters pick these stories up, nothing ever happens. Well, this time it’s different.