£762 million. That’s the number making headlines, raising eyebrows, and boiling blood.
That’s how much taxpayer money—your money, my money, your nan’s bingo night winnings—was flushed away on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, deemed unfit for purpose. Faulty masks. Gowns that didn’t meet safety standards. Gloves that might as well have been made of clingfilm. All procured under the watch of Conservative officials through emergency fast-tracking, often via…













