Hancock must reveal WhatsApp messages about PPE deals

Matt Hancock has been ordered by the High Court to hand over WhatsApp messages about the government’s procurement of PPE.The health secretary will have to reveal details about a WhatsApp group that was used to fast-track applications from “VIP” suppliers.The government is being taken to court by the Good Law Project, a campaign group, over its procurement of PPE at the height of the pandemic. At a hearing yesterday it emerged that a WhatsApp group was set up as an “informal way” for the government to communicate with the chief executives of 200 companies.A government meeting agenda submitted to the court reads: “[Redacted] to connect with [Redacted] and confirm preferred way forward to sharing communications with CEOs and CPOs (Chief product officers).
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