The Daily Mail’s campaign to deliver 42m pieces of PPE to NHS and care workers this year showed that “old media still has a role to play”, according to one of the journalists spearheading the drive.

The newspaper won the inaugural Public Service Award at Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards 2020 for its Mail Force campaign, which raised £11.7m and delivered 42m pieces of PPE since its launch in April.

The awards judges said: “There are few news organisations in the world which can rival the Daily Mail for campaigning verve and sheer chutzpah when it takes on an issue.