During the pandemic, the government has awarded thousands of contracts to private companies, spending billions of pounds of public money in the process. But the way these contracts have been awarded – and the huge sums of money involved – have led to accusations of a lack of transparency. So what are the rules on government contracts, and has anything changed during the pandemic? Our explainer has all the details.
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