Public procurement: new EU data suggest UK public contracts have been particularly hit during COVID-19

Issues with public procurement during the pandemic have brought to the fore the importance of transparency. Calls for greater transparency in the negotiation, award, and renegotiation of public contracts are not new, but how much progress has been made in recent years, and how has the COVID-19 influenced approaches to public contracting? Stéphane Saussier shares some initial findings from research looking into these questions.