Fury as staggering cost to taxpayers of Covid inquiry revealed – making it most expensive probe in UK history

Fury as staggering cost to taxpayers of Covid inquiry revealed – making it most expensive probe in UK history …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

THE Covid Inquiry will cost taxpayers £208million — the most for any probe in UK history.

Analysis reveals the hearing, which sits until 2026 and employs hundreds of civil servants, costs £150,000 a day.

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Chair Baroness Hallett has been paid more than £500,000Credit: AFP

The bill — £124million by September — will top £200million if the rate continues, it is reckoned.

Chair Baroness Hallett has been paid more than £500,000 and £37.7million will go on legal bills, says the…

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