Sajid Javid has said. The UK Health Secretary gave a shock reason why the government suddenly scrapped the deal with French vaccine maker Valneva as he answered questions in the House of Commons.
The UK had about 100 million doses on order in the Livingston plant, after it increased its request by 40 million in February.
But the order was terminated on Monday with a UK government spokesman saying the cancellation would not affect supplies of vaccine.
In response to questions from Livingston MP Hannah Bardel l, Javid said the contract had been cancelled for “commercial reasons”.