Money on unusable PPE could have funded school meals, says Labour
The amount of money the government spent on a PPE contract for unusable face masks could have all but paid for free school meals until next Easter, the Labour Party has said.
Labour says the government's £252 million contract with the private equity company Ayanda Capital included almost £150 million in face masks that didn’t meet requirements for use by frontline healthcare workers.
Labour estimates that it would cost the Government £157 million to supply free school meals to every eligible child in the country until the end of the Easter holidays next year.
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