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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Henry Saker-Clark

Covid-19 fraud cost taxpayers £10.9bn but ‘much beyond recovery’, report finds

Eat Out To Help Out was rolled out during the pandemic (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Fraud and error linked to financial support programmes during the coronavirus pandemic cost taxpayers £10.9 billion, a report has found.

The authors warned that only £1.8 billion has been recovered and said “much of the shortfall is now beyond recovery”.

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