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'Laissez-faire' approach to Covid loan schemes may lose taxpayers billions, say MPs

THE UK Government has increased the risk that taxpayers will lose money because of the way it has treated banks who lent during its Covid-era loan…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 26, 2023

Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government was only making ‘slow progress’ in combating fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme,

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Britain ‘seen as haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs

The ‘Inaction Fraud’ hotline was criticised by MPs.

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023