The government has launched a consultation on extending the use of shared data collected by the National Fraud Initiative in a move it says could save the public sector £10m a year.
The Welsh spending watchdog has warned councils of a significant increase in risk from fraud due to Covid-19, after uncovering £8m of fraud or overpayment over the past two years.
The government has called on councils and other public sector bodies to join the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative after a review found it had saved almost £200m in two years.
The Audit Commission’s National Fraud Initiative uncovered £229m of incorrect and dishonestly obtained payments across the UK public sector in the last two years, according to figures published today...
