Covid Inquiry Costs Taxpayer £94 Million So Far
Another day, another way the taxpayers’ dime is wasted. According to the Taxpayers’ Alliance, the Covid Inquiry is costing £300,000 a day – £94 million so far in the last two years that it has been going on. The costs of Covid continue…
It doesn’t stop there, as just last year, a group of 265 civil servants dedicated their full-time efforts to furnishing the inquiry – costing a whopping £100,000 a day and totalling £44 million when combined with legal advice. Meanwhile, the Scots have spent £21 million so far on its separate inquiry. John O’Connell of the TPA said on the excessive cost, “The Covid inquiry should be short, sharp and decisive, not an expensive political pantomime.” Still no sign of Simon Case either…
