Doctors in the South West of England were sent disposable gloves that had ‘clearly been used’ and have been warned not to use them in another PPE blunder. The gloves, sent to GPs in parts of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Somerset, appeared to have been used already but then packaged in unopened boxes. In a … Read more
A former RAF chief claimed £12,500 for flights to the US for a one-hour appearance on a panel at a space travel conference. Sir Stephen Hillier flew business-class for the four-day symposium in Colorado Springs – before cutting the trip short and returning first-class. The taxpayer-funded trip in April 2019 came just a year after … Read more
Government stores of nearly 10,000 containers of PPE have been racking up fees of around £1million a day as they sit in high-rate storage on the quay at Felixstowe port. Around 11,000 containers full of PPE were being kept in the Suffolk port yard last week attracting sky-high fees, despite a continued lack of protection equipment … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the £18bn PPE scandal By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:20 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 02:20 GMT, 19 November 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
A Tory Minister today refused to apologise after a devastating report laid bare the cronyism and ineptitude that has characterised the Government’s ‘mindblowing’ £18billion rush to source PPE and other equipment during the coronavirus crisis. Business Secretary Alok Sharma has denied allegations of wasting taxpayers’ money, claiming the scramble to buy lifesaving clothing for the NHS came at … Read more
A Greek Orthodox priest has sparked outrage after he lifted a child up to kiss the coffin of a bishop who died of COVID-19 after men in full-body PPE had carried the coffin into the church. Footage of the funeral in the town of Lagadas outside Thessaloniki was widely shared on social media and local … Read more
A devastating report today lifts the lid on the cronyism and ineptitude that has characterised the Government’s £18billion rush to source PPE and other equipment during the coronavirus crisis. Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings were both drawn into the debacle after the spending watchdog said officials failed to consider potential conflicts of interests involving companies … Read more
Sabia Mokeddem, 23, was handed a contract worth £880,000 For enterprising businesses, it was the chance of a lifetime. As the coronavirus pandemic swept across Britain, a £12.3billion ‘Wild West’ opportunity emerged for any firms able to provide the NHS with protective equipment. Companies with no experience supplying PPE won lucrative Government deals. Now, the … Read more
A Spanish businessman who served as a middleman to secure PPE for the NHS has been paid an astonishing £21million in UK taxpayers’ cash. The consultant had been in line for another £15million of public funding, US court documents show. Gabriel Gonzalez Andersson, from Madrid, was drafted in to help with ‘procurement, logistics, product sourcing … Read more
NHS staff are still being denied equipment to protect themselves from coronavirus – even though there is a stockpile fit to last for months. Angry unions say that medics working on the frontline of the health service are not all being given personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the virus spreading. Among them are physiotherapists, … Read more