Alex Bourne probed by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
His company Hinpack has supplied NHS with millions of NHS Covid tests
A law project took legal action against Department of Health and Social Care
The Government is required by law to publish a contract award notice
The Good Law Project argued there had been a dismal failure to comply
Meanwhile, a local Thriplow councillor, Conservative Richard Williams, has asked South Cambridgeshire council to investigate whether breaches of planning regulations have been committed at the site.
There is a dispute over whether new consent is required for certain buildings and structures on the site, but Bourne’s lawyers concede that a car park used by Hinpack shift workers requires planning permission. They added they were in the process of applying for it.
Asked about Bourne’s work producing vials at a Downing Street press conference in December, Hancock replied: “I had absolutely nothing to do with that contract.”
But questions remain about the relationship between the two men. Locals have described Bourne and Hancock as “friends” and “buddies”. The DHSC said it would not comment on “the secretary of state’s personal relationships” and Bourne has played down his relationship with Hancock.
Over years of wrangling, the pub stood empty and got vandalised, being subject to a total of 13 break-ins, according to Mr Trivedi.
Last July, after another year of revising plans to do with drainage and doing ecological assessments, Mr Trivedi finally got planning permission. Work has now begun on breaking ground and demolishing a new extension to the pub, with the main building being retained.
Plans for the luxury mansion using the main part of the Cock in Old Lakenham.
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Mr Trivedi, who runs the Grace Charles property development firm, grew up in the local area and remembers the Cock pub.
Over years of wrangling, the pub stood empty and got vandalised, being subject to a total of 13 break-ins, according to Mr Trivedi.
Last July, after another year of revising plans to do with drainage and doing ecological assessments, Mr Trivedi finally got planning permission. Work has now begun on breaking ground and demolishing a new extension to the pub, with the main building being retained.
Plans for the luxury mansion using the main part of the Cock in Old Lakenham.
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Mr Trivedi, who runs the Grace Charles property development firm, grew up in the local area and remembers the Cock pub.
Matt Hancock unlawfully failed to publish details of billions of pounds worth of coronavirus-related contracts, the High Court has ruled.
The Good Law Project took legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for its wholesale failure to disclose details of contracts agreed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Government is required by law to publish a contract award notice within 30 days of the award of any contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000.
At a hearing earlier this month, the Good Law Project and three MPs - Labour s Debbie Abrahams, the Green Party s Caroline Lucas and Liberal Democrat Layla Moran - argued there had been a dismal failure by the DHSC to comply with the obligation.