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by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary Reporter
BRITAIN’S two biggest airlines have been paid more than £123 million to import personal protection equipment (PPE) from China during the pandemic, the Morning Star can reveal.
Contracts show that the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) spent almost £68m on British Airways Boeing 787 flights and more than £55m on Virgin flights since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The revelation has intensified trade-union calls for the government to form a strategy to build a strong domestic manufacturing base to make PPE, vaccine vials, and support the creation of more jobs.
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
