With just ONE PER CENT of cases leading to charges, is Britain a ‘haven for fraudsters’? A top Westminster committee thinks so. March 31, 2023 Britain is a “haven” for fraudsters as less than 1 per cent of reported cases result in charges, a damning report into the Government’s handling of the growing problem has said. MPs on the Public Accounts Committee criticised the “slow progress” on tackling the estimated 3.8 million incidents of fraud and attempted frauds. They said [...]
Who has been hit hardest by £21bn of pandemic fraud, and will the taxpayer EVER get it back? March 30, 2023 The UK Government has lost £21bn worth of taxpayers money due to fraud since the start of the pandemic, that is “very unlikely” to be unrecovered, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO said that many public bodies are unaware of the amount of fraud they face, as it revealed that levels of [...]
