£4bn of NHS Covid PPE to be burned as it is unusable, says committee report

Opposition parties say the findings show the Conservatives are burning taxpayers money by the billion'

Protective clothing worth 4bn bought early in the pandemic to stop NHS staff being infected with Covid is to be burned because it is unusable, a report has revealed.

The imminent destruction of so many items and waste of public money is disclosed in a report by the Commons public accounts committee (PAC) that is scathing of the DHSC's strategy when the Covid pandemic struck in 2020.