![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rishi-sunak-has-fingerprints-on-70-billion-of-wasteful-spending/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Prime-Minister-Rishi-Sunak-Attends-PMQs-in-London-UK-02-Nov-2022.jpg&description=Exclusive: Analysis reveals an average waste of £23 billion a year since 2019 - most of it blown while the Prime Minister was ChancellorRishi Sunak was Chancellor when at least £68bn of the identified spending took placeRishi Sunak 'has his fingerprints all over' £70 BILLION of wasteful spending, duff deals and crony contracts, according to research based on official figures. Analysis reveals an average waste of £23 billion a year since 2019 - most of it blown while the Prime Minister was Chancellor. A tracker of squandered public funds, prepared by campaign group Best For Britain, includes at least £20.5 billion budgeted for the 'Test and Trace' service. A Public Accounts Committee probe later found "no evidence" it had any impact on reducing Covid infections. It also includes £3 billion spent filling civil service posts with temporary agency workers and £120million on the 'Festival of Brexit ' flop - all while Sunak was Chancellor. The analysis separates questionable spending into 'outrageous outgoings', 'duff deals' and 'crony contracts' - handed to firms with links to ministers, MPs or Tory Donors. You can read the full list of wasteful spending here A committee found "no evidence" the £20 billion Test and Trace programme had reduced infections ( PA) While Mr Sunak would not necessarily have personally signed off the spending himself, he ultimately held the purse strings for all government spending during his time as Chancellor. The group's analysis found Mr Sunak was Chancellor when at least £68bn of the identified spending took place, with billions more spent over periods where he was in charge for at least part of the time. It lists the £4.3bn handed to Covid support fraudsters which was written off by the Treasury last year. In May, Mr Sunak was accused of using taxpayers' cash to repair his image after the Treasury spent £1.3m over two years on polling and focus groups. Rishi Sunak has been a senior figure at the Treasury for most of his political career (){kind=link}
Analysis reveals an average waste of £23 billion a year since 2019 – most of it blown while the Prime Minister was Chancellor
Rishi Sunak ‘has his fingerprints all over’ £70 BILLION of wasteful spending, duff deals and crony contracts, according to research based on official figures.
Analysis reveals an average waste of £23 billion a year since 2019 – most of it blown while the Prime Minister was Chancellor.
A tracker of squandered public funds, prepared by campaign group Best For Britain, includes at least £20.5 billion budgeted for the ‘Test and Trace’ service.
A Public Accounts Committee probe later found “no evidence” it had any impact on reducing Covid infections.