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Covid Contracts: Hunting for PPE

At a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy PPE from a NI sweet company. Lyndsey Telford investigates what happened next, and how a box of kit that cost the taxpayer £1,000 came to be sold for just a fiver.

28 minutes

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Thu 23 Dec 202116:30
BBC News Channel BBC News UK HD & BBC News UK only

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Credits

ReporterLyndsey Telford
ProducerPatrick Fee
Assistant EditorChris Thornton
EditorGwyneth Jones

Broadcasts

  • Tue 14 Dec 202122:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Wed 15 Dec 202122:00
    BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Tue 21 Dec 202116:30
    BBC News Channel BBC News UK HD & BBC News UK only
  • Wed 22 Dec 202109:30
    BBC News Channel BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD only
  • Thu 23 Dec 202116:30
    BBC News Channel BBC News UK HD & BBC News UK only