government thought it was buying a rolls—royce but it was getting a ford fiesta.that is why a box from the very same shipment, a box that cost the taxpayer £1000 ended up being flogged less than one year later for just £5. you are probably sick about hearing about the new normal. that is the phrase we use when we talk about life in the pandemic. after lockdowns and with the help of the vaccine, covid has become something we try to live with, minimising the risk it poses as best we can. and ppe, like this mask, is a big part of that. masks have become so commonplace that it is easy to forget how the shortage of ppe early in the pandemic caused panic. personal protective equipment for health and care workers is in great demand around the world. the government has been under fire over shortages of ppe. parts of the nhs are still expensive problems getting hold of ppe. - the market went mad. peter smith is an expert in procurement and he watched on as sourcing ppe became the focus. suddenly we saw the demand going up, doubling, trebling, five or ten fold and if you su

government thought it was buying a rolls—royce but it was getting a ford fiesta.hy a box from the very same shipment, a box that cost the taxpayer £1,000, ended up being flogged less than one year later for just £5. you are probably sick about hearing about the new normal. that is the phrase we use when we talk about life in the pandemic. after lockdowns and with the help of the vaccine, covid has become something we try to live with, minimising the risk it poses as best we can. and ppe, like this mask, is a big part of that. masks have become so commonplace that it is easy to forget how the shortage of ppe early in the pandemic caused panic. personal protective equipment for health and care workers is in great demand around the world. the government has been under fire over shortages of ppe. parts of the nhs are still expensive problems getting hold of ppe. - the market went mad. peter smith is an expert in procurement and he watched on as sourcing ppe became the focus. suddenly we saw the demand going up, doubling, trebling, five or ten fold and if you suddenly

every morning they squeeze into her ford fiesta to go to school, buckled up, bookbags on their lap. it's busy but also a blessing. it's the first time cochran has ever been able to afford her own car. >> i will give you your snack money so you don't lose it, guys come on. >> reporter: the lease on the car is $424 a month, insurance is another $89 cochran said she's just able to cover it with the $500 a month she gets from the child tax credit, and she's got that math memorized. >> i'm a grandma and i'm on fixed income, so every penny matters. >> reporter: the covid relief package that democrats passed earlier this year boosted the benefit to $3,600 for children younger than 6 and $3,000 for kids ages 6 to 17. in addition, families also started getting the money monthly instead of at tax time so far, the government delivered roughly $93 billion to cover 61 million kids but today is the last monthly payment, and grandmas like cochran have a warning for washington -- >> losing more than half of my income puts us in crisis. >> reporter: democrats want to extend the benefit for another y