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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andy Gregory

Martin Lewis calls on Business Secretary to apologise for fraud remarks

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Consumer champion Martin Lewis has accused the Business Secretary of causing an “outrage” with comments that appeared to downplay the regularity of fraud crimes, and has called on him to apologise.

When defending the Prime Minister for falsely claiming that crime had fallen under his leadership, Kwasi Kwarteng said Boris Johnson had not included fraud in his definition of crime.

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