Claim: The government has awarded a £70 billion contract for 'Everything net zero' to a company with only two employees in Cornwall.
Fact-check: The government has not awarded a £70 billion net zero contract to a small Cornish company - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not right. a not-for-profit group of local councils in the east of england has selected a company registered in cornwall  to run tender competitions for contracts for the public sector bodies like schools and hospitals to achieve their net zero goals. the maximum amount that can be procured through it is £70 billion, but the company has not been given this amount of money from the government.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2022-08-04T00:00:00