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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Conn and Rob Evans

Government likely to lose millions in dispute over PPE contract awarded via ‘VIP lane’

Peter Gummer, Lord Chadlington
Peter Gummer, Lord Chadlington, who became a peer in 1996. Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Action on Addiction

The UK government appears unlikely to recover any money from a healthcare recruitment agency that allegedly failed to deliver on a multimillion-pound PPE contract awarded during the Covid pandemic.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed it is in a dispute over the £20m-plus contract awarded to SG Recruitment UK Ltd. However, the agency’s parent company has gone into liquidation, raising questions about whether the government can recoup any funds.

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