Laura Phillipshttps://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/profits-of-doom From #PrivateEye: “As #michellemone and #ppemedpro hit the headlines once again, another chance to read Private Eye’s #special #report on the dozens of other #business #people who ploughed in to the #pandemic and creamed off handsome #profits from #Coronavirus.”
#ppescandal #PPEVIPLane #PPEContracts #covid #government #procurement #scandal
#ppescandal #PPEVIPLane #PPEContracts #covid #government #procurement #scandal
Special Report: Profits Of Doom
As the greatest public health emergency for a century brought illness, bereavement and hardship to millions in the UK and presented taxpayers with a £75bn bill for extra health spending, a smaller band of opportunists was using that cash to fund the richest of private paydays. This is the story of the Covid profiteers who took advantage of a country in crisis and the government that let them get away with it.