Government plan to burn £4bn of PPE ‘costly to environment and Treasury’

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The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Department of Health and Social Care to clarify its proposal, including predicted costs.

This included £4 billion worth which could not be used because it did not meet NHS standards.

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