Prisoners paid £3.50 a day by government to dismantle surplus Covid PPE which is then dumped

Prisoners are being paid £3.50 a day by the government to remove recyclable material from surplus Covid PPE which is then dumped, report reveals

• Prisoners being paid £3.50 a day to dismantle PPE and tests and dump them
• Covid kit could could be worth up to £12million using today’s production costs
• Lib Dem Daisy Cooper said government using prisoners to ‘cover up their tracks’

By Oliver Price For Mailonline

Published: 21:08 EST, 17 December 2022 | Updated: 03:05 EST, 18 December 2022