Transcripts For BBCNEWS World Business Report
signs of hitting the brakes. in a new report published today, the house of commons�* public accounts committee says that the "unimaginable" cost of test & trace has failed to deliver the central promise of averting a second — and third lockdown. the committee chair said that the british taxpayers cannot be treated by government like an atm machine any longer. the scheme was introduced in may last year, and began with a budget of £22 billion. since then it has been allocated £15 billion more, totalling £37 billion over two years. the report also questioned the over—reliance o...