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Firm owned by friend of Health Secretary awarded £14m PPE contract
Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing in Downing Street

AN ASSOCIATE of Health Secretary Matt Hancock owns a company that received a multimillion-pound government contract for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), it has emerged.

Frances Stanley is the sole “person of significant control” of CH&L Limited, a Companies House listing shows.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) awarded the £14.4 million contract for the provision of isolation gowns last April.

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