Covid PPE left gathering dust by Tory failings cost taxpayer £762million - The Mirror

Tory failure to check viability of PPE has cost taxpayer £762million

The failure of the last Tory government to check the viability of faulty PPE, which was left gathering dust in shipping containers and storage facilities has cost the taxpayer £762million. The findings were made by the Covid counter-fraud commissioner Tom Hayhoe who Chancellor Rachel Reeves had tasked in December with trying to claw back public money lost to fraud and waste during the pandemic. The Mirror has revealed that after Boris Johnson’s …

Covid PPE left gathering dust by Tory failings cost taxpayer £762million - The Mirror

Boris Johnson's Government panic ordered mountains of protective kit as the pandemic took hold, which was piled up in shipping containers as storage facilities were overwhelmed