Ppe

Thousands of boxes have been discovered by New Forest Council inspectors on land owned by a caravan park at Calmore near Totton.

The government has recouped £18 million from potentially fraudulent personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts, according to Department of Health figures.

Reports that a Tory peer may have benefited from Covid PPE contracts raise “far wider” questions about how the government awarded such agreements, Labour said.