Britain wasted almost £10 BILLION buying PPE during Covid pandemic

Government wasted £10,000,000,000 on PPE during Covid pandemic

14 Jul, 11:29

UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry says

‘Vast’ sums squandered in health crisis, report finds, as it criticises so-called VIP lane for procurement

14 Jul, 11:08

Britain wasted almost £10 BILLION buying PPE during Covid pandemic

Britain wasted almost £10billion buying PPE during the coronavirus pandemic, the Covid inquiry has found. Around two-thirds of the total £14.9billion of taxpayer money spent on personal protective equipment went towards masks, gloves, and gowns, which were inadequate and unusable. In the fifth official report, published today, the inquiry's chair, Baroness Heather Hallett, heavily criticised the "vast" financial wa…

14 Jul, 11:17