Claim: Rishi Sunak spent £8.7 billion on "dodgy PPE so useless it will have to be burnt".
Fact-check: Labour overstates amount spent on 'dodgy PPE' which will be burnt - Full Fact
Verdict: false. £8.7 billion refers to the loss in value of ppe bought in 2020/21 at the end of the financial year. while some will be burnt, dhsc said some of the equipment this loss related to was still usable—and some which wasn't is being recycled or donated.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-03-24T00:00:00