The Government has written off £9.9bn of the £13.6bn it spent on PPE in the pandemic because much of it is unusable. Critics said the waste is "more than it would cost to give every nurse in the NHS a 100% bonus".
More than £550 million of Covid drugs have been wasted in the U.K., according to analysis of health data by health analytics firm Airfinty.
Germany has ordered some 672 million Covid vaccine doses but only used 192 million, while so far it has dumped or donated 242 million – 50 million more than it has used! And what will it do with the rest?
Once a city he adored, Edinburgh is now plagued by poor governance, unkempt streets and costly, ineffective public projects, says Dr Roger Watson.
A new paper from the Adam Smith Institute think-tank has revealed that 'woke' public procurement rules are costing taxpayers billions, and stifling economic growth.
As the first generation of solar panels reach the end of their lifespan, experts warn that millions of tonnes of waste could end up in landfill.
NHS bureaucracy has doubled since the start of the pandemic despite little change in the size of the frontline workforce, a new report reveals, as a record 6.4 million people are on waiting lists.
The UK has used just 142 million of the stockpile of 650 million vaccine doses it purchased, leaving an estimated £4 billion worth of vaccines unused and, at current levels of take-up, likely going to waste.
