Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.A “Crony Bill” to prevent public contracts going to friends of government ministers without proper scrutiny is being presented to parliament by a Scotttish MP.SNP MP Owen Thompson is tabling the Ministerial Interests (Emergency Powers) Bill in the Commons on Wednesday to highlight the number of government contracts that have been awarded without tender during the covid crisis.Thompson is acting after £10.5 billion of government contracts were awarded without going to public tender during the coronavirus pandemic.Analysis has shown that more than £1 billion of contracts went to companies run by Conservative.
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