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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Pooran

£16m lost to fraud and error in Covid business support schemes, MSPs told

PA Wire

Fraud and errors in Covid business support schemes cost the public purse at least £16 million, auditors have told MSPs

Between 1% and 2% of the two main schemes – which paid out a total of £1.6 billion – are thought to have been lost to fraud and error.

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