A staggering £21bn has been lost to fraudsters since the start of the ... trends now
A staggering £21bn has been lost to fraudsters since the start of the ... trends now
Britain's Covid black hole: A staggering £21bn has been lost to fraudsters since the start of the pandemic, figures reveal - as watchdog warns it's 'very unlikely' most of the taxpayers' money will be recovered The National Audit Office said fraud losses rose from £5.5 billion in the two years prior to the coronavirus pandemic to £21 billion in the following two years The watchdog warned it was 'very unlikely' most of the money will be recovered Over £7 billion of loses related to schemes introduced by ministers in pandemic
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The Government has lost £21 billion to fraudsters since the start of the Covid pandemic.
And the National Audit Office (NAO) warned last night that was ‘very unlikely’ that most of the taxpayers’ money will be recovered.
The spending watchdog revealed that fraud
