Tory ministers have been accused of spending taxpayers’ money with “reckless abandon” after the government last year wrote off more than £4.1 billion, equal to £146 per household.
As families struggled to make ends meet, the business department, BEIS, estimates it lost £1billion due to fraud and error in its Covid-19 support scheme for firms.
Another £8.6million was squandered by the Home Office as it binned burgundy passports when the colour was switched to blue.
