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Want to know how the government spends your hard earned taxes?
Want to know how the government spends your hard earned taxes?
Some people would rather we played by EU Procurement rules, went to tender and done everything by the book.
Those people would not have been in the front line or explaining why product had run out.
And for some deeper context, 8600 contracts worth circa £18bn were implemented during the initial phases of the pandemic.
"About one in 10 suppliers processed through the high priority lane (47 out of 493) obtained contracts, compared with less than one in 100 suppliers that came through the ordinary lane (104 of 14 892). The NAO also found that sources of referrals to the high priority lane were not always documented, with one supplier, PestFix, added in error without a referral."
Covid-19: Government has spent billions on contracts with little transparency, watchdog says
The government failed to provide transparency when hastily awarding billions of pounds worth of contracts during the covid-19 pandemic, the UK’s public spending watchdog has concluded. The National Audit Office (NAO) said that the government had failed to provide adequate documentation showing...www.bmj.com
The vast majority of which are in the public domain if you know where to look, and have been subject to NAO scrutiny.
You are still defending ineptitude/some would describe it as being a corrupt use of taxpayer money with the squirrel about EU procurement rules. It could have been done quickly outside of those rules by the Govt without giving their mates free cash.
The vast majority of which are in the public domain if you know where to look, and have been subject to NAO scrutiny.
Why not all of them?
Kindly provide the evidence of "giving their mates free cash".
I`m reasonably certain that would end in prosecution.
I would agree, as per the BMJ article, that haste led to errors....... but allegations of fraud seem to be just that with no evidence.
Got a Yorkshire variant now:
Indian variant cases more than double in a week as fresh 'triple mutant' emerges in Yorkshire
Public health officials have classed the new strain, AV.1, as a variant under investigation after 49 casesinews.co.uk
Only slightly Covid related but.... politicians of the world watch and learn.
Double squirrel!Assuming you have a pension and/or other investments?
Guess where such funds make money?
Business makes money shocker.
Twitter, also a business that makes a lot of money ($3.46 billion 2019) tends to encourage very myopic views as people "follow" others who reflect their own views..... and here is the evidence.
Double squirrel!
If you open your eyes just a little bit the piece didn't criticise the making of money per se it criticised the lying to hide the doubling of the price of the pharmaceuticals.
But anyway I posted it to show how effective the interrogating process was.
Irrespective of the topic I would have thought you'd like how a small white board, cut out circles of paper and doing ones homework beats flashy tec presentations hands-down.Just one squirrel in return.................. ever seen the price of a product in demand go down?
Thought not....
ParacetemolJust one squirrel in return.................. ever seen the price of a product in demand go down?
Thought not....
Paracetemol
Remember when the licence holders and were able to charge a fortune for their branded products....and you can now buy supermarket brand for about 20p a packet?
Thought not........
Why not? - if it is made to the same standard, bring it onTesco/Aldi/Lidl Covid Vaccine anyone?
Thought not....
The money is made early on whilst under licence...
Tesco/Aldi/Lidl Covid Vaccine anyone?
Thought not....
The money is made early on whilst under licence...