Billions were spent on unusable or overpriced protective equipment, annual accounts show
Photograph: Getty ImagesPhotograph: Getty ImagesMinisters spent almost £9bn on personal protective equipment which was either substandard, defective, past its use-by date or dramatically overpriced,The Department of Health and Social Care paid £12bn while emergency-buying PPE for the UK in the year to 31 March 2021, its annual accounts show. Tonnes of items bought for £2.
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