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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Aletha Adu

Tories accused of disregarding victims as anti-fraud minister role remains vacant

The Government has been accused of disregarding the fraud crisis and corruption as the Treasury's anti-fraud minister role remains vacant - four weeks after Lord Agnew dramatically quit his position.

Lord Theodore Agnew resigned from his Cabinet role on January 24 at the Lords despatch box, claiming the Treasury "appears to have no knowledge or little interest in the consequences of fraud to our economy or our society".

He went on to blast the Government, adding a mix of "arrogance, indolence and ignorance freezes the government machine".

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