Challenge to government’s lateral flow test contracts rejected by high court

Health and social care secretary's decision to grant contracts to UK firm Abingdon Health was the subject of litigation

A legal challenge to the government's award of multimillion-pound contracts for lateral flow tests that later failed to gain regulatory approval has been rejected by the high court.

The health and social care secretary's decision to grant three contracts to UK firm Abingdon Health was the subject of litigation by campaigning organisation Good Law Project (GLP), which has brought several cases challenging the way contracts were awarded during the pandemic.