Wes Streeting comments on £10 billion worth of PPE being written off because it was unusable or overpriced

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on the DHSC annual report and accounts showing that £10 billion worth of PPE has been written off because it was unusable or overpriced, said

“As Chancellor, Rishi Sunak threw away taxpayers’ money as if it were confetti and has failed to get our money back. Sunak’s carelessness has cost our country dear.

“Never again can the Conservatives claim to be the careful stewards of the public finances. A Labour government will appoint a Covid Corruption Commissioner to chase down those who ripped off the British taxpayer, and we’ll set up an Office of Value for Money so every penny of public money is spent wisely.”