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Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Trade Hub UK briefing (2026-07-14): Boris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn of public money because of the flawed way it went about buying personal protective equipment during the coronavirus… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Boris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn of public money because of the flawed way it went about buying personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, an official inquiry has concluded.

The Covid-19 inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, also criticised the then Conservative government’s controversial “VIP lane”, which gave high priority for PPE contracts to companies with political connections to the Tories.

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