Test & trace employees 'carry out other jobs while waiting for work'

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Bored test and trace scheme employees 'carrying out other jobs while waiting for work'

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which have been shown to The Sun on Sunday show them boasting about carrying out other work while earning a salary for supposedly being on hand to trace.Our revelations comes just days after a technical error with a spreadsheet“I’ve hardly made a call to trace someone in the last month. People are talking about how they’re earning money on the side. They’re going to family businesses and earning money while supposed to be tracing.

“They’re so bored they’re taking their laptops to work at offices and doing admin work, working at shops and salons while supposed to be tracing.“The laptop is there on hand with the software needed if a call does come through. People are just taking the Mick.” John O’Connell, chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: “Sitting around at taxpayers’ expense whilst pretending to do their job is totally unacceptable.

“The test and trace system has been a complete disaster zone up to now, with spreadsheet setbacks and bureaucratic bungling.John O’Connell, chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: 'Ministers need to get a grip and stop the slack and waste'

 

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