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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Davis

Home Office ‘has no complete or up-to-date estimate of cost of fraud’ – watchdog

PA Wire

The Home Office has no complete or up-to-date estimate of the cost of fraud to the economy and a limited understanding of who commits the crimes, a report has found.

Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) said the current estimate of the cost of fraud to individuals being used by the government department is based on data and prices from six years ago.

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