UK Covid support scheme fraud losses largely "beyond recovery", report finds

A commissioner appointed by the British government to investigate the UK£10.9 billion (US$14.5 billion) of public money spent responding to the Covid-19 pandemic that was lost to fraud and error says "much of the shortfall is now beyond recovery".

By Keith Nuthall

A commissioner appointed by the British government to investigate the UK£10.9 billion (US$14.5 billion) of public money spent responding to the Covid-19 pandemic that was lost to fraud and error says "much of the shortfall is now beyond recovery".