Cummings ally’s PR firm given Covid-19 contracts without tenders
Hanbury Strategy, co-founded by ex-Vote Leaver Paul Stephenson, is being paid £640,000
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A lobbying and PR firm co-founded by an ally of Dominic Cummings has been given two government contracts without competitive tenders during the pandemic.
The Cabinet Office and Treasury contracts have been awarded to Hanbury Strategy, co-founded by Paul Stephenson, who worked alongside Cummings as the director of communications for the 2016 Vote Leave campaign. The other Hanbury founder, Ameet Gill, was David Cameron’s director of strategy in Downing Street.
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