Another £8.7 BILLION of our money written off by this inept, amateurish Government:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61749657
And before anyone carps on about "yeah, but not but, market prices...." lest we forget that the government had ample warning in terms of procuring the right equipment for pandemic preparedness years before it blew up in their face.
And lest we forget that of the 379 Covid PPE contracts let by government through "newly created routes" (worth £7.9 billion), 176 of them are in dispute (117 of them, worth £2.2 billion because the PPE is sub-standard).
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...nagement-of-PPE-contracts_with-CS-Summary.pdf
Add that to the £11bn Fishy Rishi has spunked on paying too much interest on our debts:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61754394
Is it any wonder we've got the highest tax burden since the 1940's
Add in the failed test and trace:
So....£8.7 + £11 + £37 (failed test and trace) = £56.7 billion
That exceeds our entire annual Defence or Education budget.
Tories....the party of Fiscal Responsibility....my hairy ar$e