Tory donor linked to Post Office scandal IT firm now under fire for £400m broadband contracts

Exclusive: Simon Blagden, a former Fujitsu UK chair, was paid to lobby for a firm that landed lucrative contracts - from the government agency he now runs.

Transparency campaigners and politicians are calling for urgent answers about a prominent Tory donor and former Fujitsu UK chair’s involvement in the awarding of almost £400m worth of broadband contracts, following an investigation by this newsletter.

Simon Blagden was non-executive chair of Fujitsu Telecommunications between 2005 and 2019, and also serv…