Home Secretary Priti Patel faces questions
THE Home Secretary faces questions over the ministerial code after leaked documents revealed she pressed ministers to give a £28.8 million PPE contract to a firm represented by her former adviser.
Priti Patel had tried to secure a separate deal for the same company, Pharmaceuticals Direct Limited (PDL), days prior. Six days after she contacted those in charge of procurement to tell them what the firm had to offer, PDL landed the previously unreported multi-million-pound deal for surgical masks.
A former unpaid adviser to Patel and councillor in Kent, Samir Jassal now describes himself as a “healthcare and pharmaceutical partner”. He had a key role in negotiating for PDL.