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The National Audit Office found standards were consistently missed.
National Audit Office reveals secret "high priority" channel for companies recommended by MPs, peers and ministers' offices.
GMB Union members say they do not think this contract is a fair deal.
Prime Minister Theresa May took a second blow in two days as the House of Commons voted to agree that the UK would not leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement in place. While the vote is not legally binding, it does take the threat of crashing out of the EU with no deal off the table for May. On Thursday, the next big vote will be on extending Article 50, as the 29 March deadline looms.
Companies pocketed an extra £490m, say Citizens Advice.