“THERE is still a long way to go before the government’s house is in order” – these were the words of the Good Law Project after its High Court transparency win.
The Friday ruling saw a judge confirm that Matt Hancock’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) had acted unlawfully by failing to disclose key information about public money pandemic contracts.
The UK Government says it’s had to work fast on contracts for PPE provision and more.
But the judge said the failing to publish contract details was a “historic failure”. “The public were entitled see who this money was going to, what it was being spent on and how the relevant contracts were awarded,” he said.