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25 Jul 2021

UK Covid spending over £370bn – including billions on unusable PPE

Senior Political Correspondent

British taxpayers could face many decades of financial risk – thanks to the enormous cost of the pandemic, according to a committee of MPs.

The Public Accounts Committee said emergency spending by the government had soared above £370 billion pounds – including cash wasted on unusable PPE.

They’ve called for an immediate inquiry to learn the lessons of what went wrong.