Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images Boris Johnson's UK government must stop outsourcing contracts to friends of the Conservative party, writes the Labour Party's shadow minister Helen Hayes. Firms with "decades of experience" have written to the Labour Party asking why they have been overlooked for PPE contracts, Hayes said. Johnson's government has been accused of a lack of transparency and cronyism over contracts awarded to supply PPE, tests, and other services during the pandemic. Writing for Business Insider, Hayes said Britain was witnessing the "utter waste, inefficiency, and irresponsibility of a government prioritizing its friends and donors over the needs of the country." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The government's catalog of cronyism has reached new heights this week, as it emerged that, after a WhatsApp exchange with Matt Hancock, a businessman was awarded a contract to supply millions of vials for Covid-19 tests despite having had no previous experience of producing medical supplies.This follows a string of troubling examples including a jewelry designer middle man paid £21 million of public money, a VIP channel for Tory friends to gain special access to contracts, and two damning reports from the National Audit Office which not only confirm an unacceptable lack of transparency from the government, but that its incompetent planning left the UK paying hugely over the odds for PPE.These stories aren't just bad for taxpayers.

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