March 2021

March 31, 2021

Covid-19: NHS Test and Trace ‘no clear impact’ despite £37bn budget

MPs warned the Public Accounts Committee that the impact of NHS Test and Trace is still unclear, despite the Government setting aside £37 billion for it over two years. It said the spending was “unimaginable” and warned the taxpayer could not be treated like an “ATM machine”. But the Government said the system was helping to reduce infection rates. 

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