now on bbc news: panorama. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe then what? ..£12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret, crucial details about how the money was spent. this is really troubling stuff. it signals something very alarming about the state of our country. in the spring of 2020, ppe stocks were falling. covid deaths were rising. the uk government was on a massive exercise to find ppe anywhere in the
homes washed away in australia, as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. we are back injust we are back in just under half an hour. now on bbc news, as the government faces mounting criticism that well connected people made millions out of britain s ppe crisis, panorama investigates who won out. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe, then what? £12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn?t. big profits were there to be made. in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person
organisers of this summer s tokyo olympics and parlympics say no international fans will be allowed because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news. as the government faces mounting criticism that well connected people made millions out of britain s ppe crisis, panorama investigates who won out. tonight on panorama: the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe then what? £12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret, cruc
tonight on panorama the gold rush, as britain s health workers ran short of ppe. we were so scared of this virus. if there was no ppe, then what? £12.5 billion worth of contracts were awarded, some to people with friends in high places. you were ten times more likely to be awarded a contract if you had been in that high priority lane than if you hadn t. big profits were there to be made. that s an awful lot of money. yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret crucial details about how the money was spent. this is really troubling stuff. it signals something very alarming about the state of our country. in the spring of 2020, ppe stocks were falling. covid deaths were rising. the uk government was on a massive exercise to find ppe anywhere in the world. these were unprecede
now on bbc news: dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline, the programme that brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain s prime minister admits he partied in downing street after all. and he wasn t the only one. is the party over for borisjohnson? milder and less deadly, but what will omicron mean for countries largely unvaccinated 7 and putin s gambit or gamble? joining us are suzanne lynch, brussels correspondent with politico, jeffrey kofman, a former news anchor and correspondent for channels in north america. and in the studio, the bbc s health editor, hugh pym. welcome to all of you. good to have you with us again. levelling up, the idea of opening up opportunities to those left behind by decades of political neglect gave british conservatives a landslide election victory under boris johnson s leadership. so anything that smacks of the old politic