United Kingdom Covid-19 Inquiry

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£10bn Wasted on Covid PPE, Inquiry Finds

A UK inquiry found nearly £10 billion of taxpayers’ money was wasted on unusable Covid PPE, with a VIP lane favouring connected firms.

UK wasted £9.9 billion on Covid PPE, finds inquiry; stockpile, procurement flaws flagged Times Of India — Jul 14, 17:33 PM
Covid PPE procurement saw ‘vast’ £10 billion waste, inquiry finds The Standard — Jul 14, 12:51 PM
Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds The Guardian — Jul 14, 11:00 AM
Nearly £10bn of taxpayers' money spent on PPE was wasted, COVID inquiry finds 📹 Sky News — Jul 14, 17:31 PM · 2min
UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry finds Financial Times — Jul 14, 11:00 AM
Wales didn’t have a single specialist mask in its stockpile when Covid struck Inbox Nation.Cymru — Jul 14, 16:37 PM
Covid inquiry PPE report - key findings BBC News — Jul 14, 12:45 PM
UK wasted almost £10bn on unusable PPE during Covid as inquiry condemns 'VIP lane' Lancs Live — Jul 14, 11:30 AM
Majority of £15billion spent on PPE during Covid pandemic was a waste, inquiry concludes, with 'vast' amounts of taxpayer money squandered Daily Mail — Jul 14, 11:16 AM
UK Wasted £10 Billion on Covid Gear in Pandemic, Review Finds Bloomberg — Jul 14, 11:03 AM
PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted billions, Covid inquiry finds BBC News — Jul 14, 11:01 AM