Summary
DOWNING Street was last night facing a fresh row over allegations that a Labour Party donor was favoured for a multimillion pound contract to supply smallpox vaccine.
The Parliamentary Ombudsman forced Number 10 to admit that Tony Blair met Dr Paul Drayson shortly before he secured his deal with the Government.See the full content of this document
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Blair's Meeting with Party Donor Given Pounds 32m Deal
Weeks after their encounter, the Government decided the contract should not be put out to a full, open tendering process.
The firm Dr Drayson then headed, Oxford-based vaccines company Powder-Ject Pharmaceuticals, went on to secure a Pounds 32million deal to produce the vaccine fo...See the full content of this document
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