The Cabinet Office has unveiled a new set of counter fraud standards and competencies that will help professionalise the practice and assist public servants to protect national resources.
Bid-rigging drives up contract costs, cheating buyers into paying more than they should. But procurers can detect the tricks and frustrate this practice
New laws currently under consideration in the UK could eliminate the country's role in global corruption as a hotbed of ill-gotten cash and assets, experts have told PF International.
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.
Housing benefit overpayments are more likely to be identified when residents receive a separate communication written in clear language, a study conducted by five English councils and Capita suggests.
CIPFA is to provide data analytics services to the London Counter Fraud Hub to help tackle unpaid council tax, illegal property letting and unpaid business rates across the capital.
The cost of fraud is far higher than previous estimates, and procurement accounts for most of this. With cuts to internal audit and procurement teams focused on savings, local authorities need all...
Any grant-awarding body can be subject to fraud, which may damage service delivery and public trust. Putting safeguards in place can help to protect against this
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
CIPFA has today launched a new anti-corruption qualification that will help boost defences against bribery across both public sector organisations and businesses.
The government has launched a cross-Whitehall taskforce to investigate 700 leads on possible tax evasion following the publication of leaked papers from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Local government minister Marcus Jones and the CIPFA Counter Fraud Centre have today set out recommendations to help local authorities tackle fraud, which is estimated to cost councils £2.1bn a...
MPs have criticised the lack of government action to encourage and support whistleblowers in Whitehall and urged the Cabinet Office to do more to create the right environment for people to come...
Revenue & Customs loses an estimated £16bn each year due to tax evasion and fraud through the hidden economy and criminal attacks, according to a National Audit Office report today.
Failures in tackling fraud and error in the benefits and tax credit systems remain prevalent, with combined underpayments and overpayments in excess of £47bn in 2013/14, the Public Accounts...
