24 November 2015
“The Cameron government has awarded an £80 million NHS contract to a private firm despite the company charging taxpayers £7 million more than an NHS consortium bidding against it:
Stoke NHS hospital scanning contract won by private firm
The government, however, hasn’t said why the firm – Alliance Medical Group – won the contract despite its bid being so much more expensive.
That’s because the bidding process was for some reason secret.
He goes on to suggest that it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that a director of the firm is none other than disgraced ‘cash for access‘ Tory MP Malcolm Rifkind.”
Read the full article on Pride’s Purge.
24 February 2015
Rifkind steps down as security committee chairman and as an MP
“Rifkind and Labour MP Jack Straw were secretly filmed apparently offering their services to a private firm for cash. Both deny wrongdoing.
The Conservative MP for Kensington, had previously said he would not stand down as security committee chairman, unless his colleagues wanted him to.
Downing Street withdrew its support from Sir Malcolm and “threatened to push [him] if he didn’t jump first”.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31603202
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