Tory peer accused of profiting from small boat crisis [Video]

A Tory peer has been accused of profiting from the small boats crisis after a company he part-owns secured a lucrative contract tracking the vessels.

David Willetts is the director of a tech company given £3million of taxpayer cash by the Home Office to to track vessels operating in British waters.

Sirius Insight was given a contract to track small boats operating within “UK inland waterways” and “territorial waters” for “365 days per year, 24 hours per day”.

The tech company’s website promises to “detect, verify and track small vessels and small boats at a sufficient distance to allow timely interdiction” by “combining specially-tuned radar with optical and thermal cameras”.

The contract was tendered …