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Daily Mirror
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Dave Burke

Labour demands probe into MOD contracts to IT firm linked to Tory minister's husband

Labour tonight demanded answers from the government after it emerged an IT firm with a non-excutive director married to a Tory minister has been awarded more than £24 million in MOD contracts.

In a stinging letter to the Cabinet Secretary, deputy leader Angela Rayner hit out at a "failure to close loopholes" and voiced alarm over new PM Liz Truss's reluctance to appoint an ethics advisor.

It comes following reports that Michael Keegan, partner of health minister Gillian Keegan, is a senior Cabinet Office official who simultaneously sits on the board of private company Centerprise International.

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