Health Department report states government bought unusable PPE at inflated prices The British government spent £12.1 billion ($16.3 billion) on personal protective equipment (PPE) as the Covid-19 pandemic raged between March 2020 and March 2021. However, £8.7 billion of this splurge has since been written off as a loss, due to defective and unsuitable equipment, […]
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UK government’s PPE procurement ruled unlawful
The use of VIP PPE suppliers has been deemed illegal by a UK court The UK High Court has ruled that the Department of Health and Social Care’s use of politically connected suppliers to rapidly procure personal protective equipment at the beginning of the pandemic was unlawful. On Wednesday, the High Court ruled that the […]

