COVID-19: PPE storage still costs taxpayers £580,000 a day, new figures reveal

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COVID-19: PPE storage still costs taxpayers £580,000 a day, new figures reveal
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'The British public will be understandably sickened by this eye watering waste of taxpayers' money,' Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner says.

"A Labour government will get tough on waste, with an Office of Value for Money to ensure every penny of taxpayers' money is treated with respect."

In response, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said:"Since the height of the pandemic, PPE storage costs have reduced significantly, and we continue to prioritise efforts to minimise them. We have already reduced storage costs by 78% since the first three months of 2021.

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