Senior officials in the Qatari government are set to challenge the evidence of Carillion directors who at parliamentary hearings this week blamed the Gulf state for the construction company’s demise.
Their intervention comes as the official receiver laid off another 101 Carillion workers, taking total job losses since the government put the business into compulsory liquidation three weeks ago to 930.
During extraordinary exchanges in the Commons on Tuesday, Richard Howson, Carillion’s former chief executive, told MPs that he had “felt like a bailiff” when attempting to obtain £200m for work in Doha, the Qatari capital. His evidence is said to have infuriated the Gulf country’s ruling Al-Thani family, who allege that Mr Howson misrepresented the situation.
