Here's a list of companies that the government has wasted taxpayers money on relating to #Covid.
1 - Randox - Unsafe test kits £133M
March 2019 it was reported that former cabinet minister Owen Paterson, who was a consultant to Randox , had helped to lobby the govt to seek contracts for them. This violates rules stating that an MP may not lobby on behalf of a paying client.
2 - Ayanda Capital - £250M for faulty face masks. Govt did not follow proper procurement/tendering procedures amongst other things
citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager…
3 - Serco failed track and trace system £108M.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
4 - Sitel, failed track and trace system - £84M
thelondoneconomic.com/news/plea-to-r…
5 - NHSX abandoned track and trace app £12M
theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…
6 - Various, cancelled ventilator challenge £454M
theguardian.com/business/2020/…
7 - Various, useless antibody tests £16M
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
8 - TAEG Energy - £43M awarded to dormant firm
bylinetimes.com/2020/08/25/gov…
9 - Edenred delayed school meal vouchers £234M
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-cant-preve…
10 - Computacenter - failed laptop scheme £60M
schoolsweek.co.uk/coronavirus-85…
11 Job Retention Bonus scheme abuse £millions
thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-ph…
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