Back in March the country was assured by the Prime Minister that the government was on track to deliver a world leading test and trace system. Patently it has not.
The lack of an effective system is due to the government handing out multibillion pound contracts to ‘friends’ in private companies incapable of delivering them.
Test and trace run by local authorities in association with local NHS is currently delivering reach of 96% of contacts. Government figures for their centralised system run by private businesses currently reaches only 62.6%.
Given that test and trace is the most potent element in combating Covid-19, the decision by the government to ignore the NHS and hand £12 billion over to their mates is highly questionable at the very least. Similar contract awards in business would look like scams and be subjected to stringent investigation.
Feisty language you may think, but if test and trace were working, your hospitality business would be operating better, making more money than it is right now, irrespective of where you are based geographically and what tier you are operating under.
So, what is so questionable about the government handing out these contracts?
An article today by The Guardian’s George Monbiot shines much light on a series of connections that beggar belief and demand full investigation.
Reading the article must be akin to reading early reports from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in The Washington Post in the early 1970’s.
Please do read the article in full here, it warrants your time.
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