We have commenced 51 criminal investigations into suspected fraud and there have been a total of 80 arrests so far.
We already know that ministers ignored warnings that their business loan schemes were vulnerable to organised crime yet the Prime Minister left the vaults open to fraudsters.
According to the House of Commons Library's most recent numbers, Covid fraud losses total a staggering 7.2 billion.
And more stories are coming to light of companies with undeclared interests and PPE (personal protective equipment) contracts not delivering to the standards required.
The HMRC compliance effort on Covid-19 support schemes...has prevented the payment of, or recovered the overpayment of, over 1.6 billion of grants as of September 2023.
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