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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Andrew Buckwell

'Crackdown' calls on firms as £12billion lost to Covid fraud - but no one faced court

Pandemic plunderers carried out a £12billion con on taxpayers – but no one has been brought to book.

Rogue traders claimed for subsidised meals never served under the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and for furlough cash to non-existent staff.

Labour business spokesman Justin Madders said: “It is hard to believe with the billions spent and the many stories of cash being wasted that no prosecutions have been brought.

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