Tory cronies among private firms pocketing £18bn in health funds during Covid-19 crisis
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mirror.co.ukPrivate firms have creamed off almost £18billion of health funds during the Covid crisis - and much of it has gone to Conservative Party cronies, Labour claims.
Official figures show the cost of outsourced contracts is even more than the Treasury’s latest allocation for extra emergency spending to deal with the virus.
Many contracts were for vital supplies, such as medicines and ventilators, but included £133million for PPE that was unusable, £648,000 to research “public attitudes” and several deals to firms with links to No10.
A National Audit Office report revealed last month that half of all the contracts were awarded without going to competitive tender – and at least 13 companies who won one had links to the Tories.
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