Yeah, it was £45 million being saved and £12K donation. Win eh?
There's evidence of being liars on the subject
I thought it said this:
It found “a lack of transparency and adequate documentation of some key decisions, such as why particular suppliers were chosen or how government identified and managed potential conflicts of interest ... Some contracts were awarded after work had already begun, and many were not published in the timeframe they should have been.”
NAO boss Gareth Davies said at the time: “While we recognise that these were exceptional circumstances, it remains essential that decisions are properly documented and made transparent if government is to maintain public trust that taxpayers’ money is being spent appropriately and fairly.
“The evidence set out in our report shows that these standards of transparency and documentation were not consistently met in the first phase of the pandemic.”
Keep those glasses on.