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Who is getting these contracts? Where is that money going?

From the official PR, it is NEC Corporation.

https://www.nec.com/en/case/mps/index.html

Metropolitan Police Press Release. http://news.met.police.uk/news/met-begins-operational-use-of...

Don’t worry, none of our senior politicians have a track record of directing public funds to private companies owned by people they’re sleeping with.

who are you referencing here?

Boris Johnson presumably.

I think the comment above is correctly guessing who Traster was referring to, specifically this controversy:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnso...

Possibly Theresa May, whose husband was involved with a private security company which whilst she was in the home office was the prime candidate for a private police force project

It turned out he didn't own shares in G4S however

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ex9k4n/g4s-theresa-mays-h...

And who's getting money behind the scenes?

At present, your guess would be just as good as mine. Although, somebody is bound to follow the money and reveal the facts.

Time will tell :-)

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