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Nearly £10bn of taxpayers' money spent on PPE was wasted, COVID inquiry finds

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The fifth module of the COVID inquiry has found 'billions' of taxpayer money was wasted on PPE. Sky's Ashish Joshi explains the new findings, including criticism of the government's handling of the crisis and recommendations made.

The inquiry's chair Baroness Hallett said there was a 'fundamental lack of readiness' for the pandemic and the UK.

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