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A campaigner outside the Department of Health and Social Care office in London protesting over Serco's handling of the test, track and trace system
TAXPAYER cash is enabling pandemic profiteering, Labour has warned, after the failed Covid-19 test-and-trace outsourcing giant Serco announced another year of bumper profits.
On Monday, the firm confirmed its underlying trading profit for 2021 would be £15 million higher than previously thought, at about £200m.
Its announcement came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a four-week delay to the easing of lockdown restrictions in England with the delta coronavirus variant, first identified in India, running amok.
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