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© REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool FILE PHOTO A New York Times investigation into the UKs handling of the pandemic reveals misuse of government funds on a massive scale during its Covid-19 response, calling it "one of the greatest spending sprees in Britains postwar era." The report, titled Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britains Pandemic Spending, was published on Thursday. In it, the Times says that "about $11 billion went to companies either run by friends and associates of politicians ...

Workers Revolutionary Party NHS staff, including nurses, marching for a massive pay rise to match the risk and the quality of care they are providing A NEW YORK Times investigation into the UK’s handling of the pandemic reveals misuse of government funds on a massive scale during its Covid-19 response, calling it ‘one of the greatest spending sprees in Britain’s postwar era.’ The report, titled ‘Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britain’s Pande...

who went through the public process were awarded contracts. Source: National Audit Office Report. The government did not carry out systematic company checks, including for potential conflicts of interest, until it had already spent nearly $2 billion, auditors found. Officials did not always document who recommended a company or why it was awarded a contract. One company in the V.I.P. lane was an investment firm, Ayanda Capital, where a man named Andrew Mills served as a senior board advise...

Follow RT on A New York Times investigation into the UK’s handling of the pandemic reveals misuse of government funds on a massive scale during its Covid-19 response, calling it “one of the greatest spending sprees in Britain’s postwar era.” The report, titled ‘Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britain’s Pandemic Spending’, was published on Thursday. In it, the Times says that “about $11 billion went to companies either run by friends and associates of politicians ...

Why is the UK media not doing this? Besides a few notable exceptions, the money spent by the Tory Government in procuring PPE, coronavirus tests, ventilators and other critical supplies has failed to garner widespread media attention. In an article headlined “Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britain’s Pandemic Spending”, the US newspaper analyses about 1200 government contracts which have been made public and are worth close to $22 billion overall. It found that roughly $11b...

Warned the other day that turkey under erdogan is moving into putins orbit so the fact that trump was bringing up the rear with erdogan is significant. >> optics matter. the idea that thats the person president trump feels most comfortable walking to this family photo with. obviously the distance between he and angela merkel is notable. we cant imagine these things are accidental. >> geopolitics is personal. diplomacy is personal and thats why that body language, that decision to lag behind with...

The oval office last week on issues of the european union and trade. >> thats right. and macron and merkel are holding together the eu. they are the defenders of liberal democracy in these international institutions. these countries spent the first half of the 20th century at war and since the advent of nato weve had the longest period since the 1500s. >> british theresa may is obviously beleaguered. theres turmoil and tumult happening in her cabinet and back at home in terms of brexit. so this ...

Inside britain. january stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato is on his right. >> emmanuel macron smiling, who we will see in a moment. theres no way around it, theres tension. it got off to a raucous start with president trump venting his spleen at the allies about what he sees as the inequity in terms of payment to nato. >> excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, please look into the cameras for the family photo for ten seconds. >> so the family photo will be happening momentarily but the poi...

high. you are a free libyan. a lot of jubilation and celebration on this day for libyans and yes, the turnout according to electoral officials has been really high. about five hours ago, the electoral commission announced that 1.2 million, that is, out of 2.8 million registered voters did turn out and vote. there were a lot of people who turned out last minute to vote. and then it was, the polling took place at 98% of the polling centers. so for many officials here, this day has been a...

devastating storm. what happened? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." all right. look at this. this was then pf president obama us bus last august making its way through the midwest. look a this. this is now president obamas bus with a seemingly new accessory front and center. were talking about a presidential seal. its a bold reminder as he kicks his campaign into full gear in ohio, a major battleground state to be sure, that he has rivalled mitt romney. they are both tr...