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Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus
PRESSURE is rising on Health Secretary Matt Hancock over his shares in a family firm handed NHS contracts, after Labour said today he had “questions to answer” on the apparent conflict of interest.
Mr Hancock declared in March that he owns more than 15 per cent of shares in Topwood Ltd, of which his sister Emily Gilruth is a director.
The firm, which specialises in the storage, shredding and scanning of documents, won a place on a framework to provide services to NHS England in 2019, as well as contracts with NHS Wales.
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