The Welsh Government has been criticised for how it appointed and paid top civil servants as well as not having a handle on how much public money was lost to fraud through Covid business schemes.
The Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd, which scrutinises how the Welsh Government uses public money, has strongly criticised the Welsh Government in its report on the accounts from the financial year 2020-21. It claimed there was a "lack of transparency" high level appointments as well and expressed their ""concern" about "deficient record-keeping" in addition to a lack of knowledge about fraudulent Covid business claims.
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