I’ve been banging on about Covid fraud for months, both over the Bounce Back Loan Scheme to help businesses and the Kickstart youth jobs scheme.
Both were, in theory, admirable schemes to help the economy survive the pandemic, but in practice were so badly run that they proved to be a scammer’s dream.
So I can see why the Conservative peer Lord Agnew of Oulton resigned this week from his post as minister responsible for counter-fraud.
