Govt Minister Resigns Over Covid Fraud Inaction!

"Up to £4.9 Billions lost due to Covid Fraud!



This is from BBC News........


Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud


A Conservative minister in the House of Lords has resigned attacking the government's handling of fraudulent Covid business loans.

Lord Agnew accused the Treasury of having "little interest in the consequences of fraud to our society".
But he said his departure was "not an attack on the prime minister".

Last year, the National Audit Office criticised the government for failing to implement measures to prevent people exploiting Covid schemes.


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Lord Agnew, a Treasury minister with responsibility for cross-government efficiency, said "a combination of arrogance, indolence and ignorance" was "freezing the government machine".

He accused the government of making "schoolboy errors" by giving loans to over 1,000 companies who were not trading when Covid struck. ......................"