Government struck £119m Covid advertising deal weeks before first lockdown

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Ministers struck a deal worth up to £119m with one of the world's biggest marketing companies for a Covid campaign weeks before the country went into lockdown

Ministers struck a deal worth up to £119m with one of the world's biggest marketing companies for a Covid campaign three weeks before the country went into a national lockdown, official filings show.

 

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We are governed by the corrupt and the moronic.

What a waste of money don't the government have their own department to do this ? If they don't they should

Yep. Seems sensible.

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