Claim: £37 billion was found to pay Serco for a failed track and trace system.
Fact-check: Misleading claims about Serco's role in Test and Trace resurface - Full Fact
Verdict: £37 billion is the two-year budget for test and trace. the vast majority is spent on testing not tracing and does not go to serco.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-03-10T00:00:00