Firm won £25.8m PPE contract after Greg Hands approached by Tory activist
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#68SG4)
Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPE
A lifestyle company won a 25.8m government contract for PPE through the so-called VIP lane after the new Conservative chair, Greg Hands, was approached by a local Tory activist, new documents suggest.
Luxe Lifestyle, a company trading in specialised design activities", had no published accounts at the time the contract was awarded, and did not appear to have a history of supplying PPE.
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