Nurses wore bin bags. A pest control company got £350 million. A baroness made £29 million and bought a yacht. Welcome to the UK's COVID PPE scandal.
During the pandemic, the government created a secret "VIP lane" that gave ministers' mates a 10x better chance of winning contracts — while 883 healthcare workers died without proper protection. The High Court ruled it unlawful. Five years later, nobody's gone to prison.
In this video, I follow the money from Downing Street to offshore trusts, and show you how £15 billion of your money ended up in the pockets of jewellery designers, hedge funds, and Conservative donors.
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Chapters:
0:00 — Bin Bags vs Billions
1:41 — Chapter 1: The Setup - How we got here
3:20 — Chapter 2: The VIP Lane - The Maths Of Corruption
5:48 — Chapter 3: The Rogues Gallery
8:18 — Chapter 4: Baroness Michelle Mone
11:13 — Chapter 5: The Human Cost15:30 — £762 Million Gone Forever
13:04 — Chapter 6: The Forgotten Warranties
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Sources:
National Audit Office — PPE Procurement Report
High Court Judgment — Mrs Justice O'Farrell (January 2022)
High Court Judgment — Mrs Justice Cockerill, PPE Medpro (October 2025)
Transparency International UK — COVID Contract Analysis
The Guardian — Michelle Mone Investigation (November 2022)
UK COVID-19 Inquiry Findings
ONS — Healthcare Worker Deaths Data
Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner Reports
Good Law Project — VIP Lane Litigation
Public Accounts Committee — PPE Procurement Report
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