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An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during the Covid pandemic, equivalent to one in every £3 spent.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk -2 points 2 months ago

equivalent to one in every £3 spent.

Why not just say that ⅓ of money spent was on contracts that had red flags? That's what they mean, but they're trying to make it sound more damning and speaking nonsense.

Journalists and numbers is a bad mix.

On the topic of the actual story, I'm not surprised. When are we going to bring a case?