Gavin Williamson accused of 'chumocracy' over laptop deal for Tory donor
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mirror.co.ukEmbattled Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been accused of running a “chumocracy” after laptop contracts went to a Tory donor’s firm.
The job of supplying home-learning pupils has fallen to Computacenter. The Hertfordshire-based firm was founded by Sir Philip Hulme, who gave £100,000 to the Tories.
It follows a £96million deal the firm got last year without competitive tender. Mr Williamson told MPs the firm did “an amazing job” distributing hundreds of thousands of devices.
He said the new contract was won by competitive tender. Labour MP Mike Amesbury said: “This is just an extension of the Government’s chumocracy of handing public money to friends and benefactors.” Computacenter did not comment.
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