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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

Labour manifesto admits Covid corruption tsar may raise no money at all

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Labour has conceded its much-hyped Covid corruption commissioner may not recover any of the money lost to fraud and wasted on useless PPE during the pandemic.

In an embarrassing admission, the party’s manifesto suggested the commissioner, billed as someone who would “chase down those who have ripped off the taxpayer”, may recoup no cash at all.

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