Rishi

[JamesWales]

£ 7 billion is about 18/19 % of what was spent on our “world beating” track and trace isn’t it?

No, that oft-quoted piece of misinformation has been debunked numerous times
https://fullfact.org/online/track-an...-project-cost/
https://fullfact.org/health/nhs-test-and-trace-cost/
https://fullfact.org/online/37bn-test-trace-spending/

[the other bob wilson]

No, that oft-quoted piece of misinformation has been debunked numerous times
https://fullfact.org/online/track-an...-project-cost/
https://fullfact.org/health/nhs-test-and-trace-cost/
https://fullfact.org/online/37bn-test-trace-spending/

So, no doubt we’ll soon be hearing Tory bragging about how the world beating track and trace scheme came in under budget I suppose - the reason being of course that it was crap.

What the fact checker confirms though is that the underperforming track and trace scheme cost just short of twice that £7 billion in its first year of operation.