Campaigners have demanded the Conservative Party reveal any donors who went on to receive PPE contracts. In a letter to Tory treasurer Ehud Sheleg, Unlock Democracy director Tom Brake called on the party to refund any such donations directly to the NHS.
It comes as the Government remains under pressure to reveal which firms benefited from the “VIP” fast track for handing out Covid contracts early in the pandemic.
In the letter, sent to the Party today, Mr Brake wrote: “The Conservative Party will want to make it clear that they will not accept donations from individuals or companies which profited from a less than rigorous procurement process during the Covid pandemic. “The other political parties should follow suit.” Unlock Democracy are