The number of compliance staff in the public sector halved during the pandemic, contributing to a potential five-fold increase in fraud according to analysis by the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) of the whole of government accounts. The campaign group accuses ministers of failing to grasp the severity of the fraud crisis.

https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/government_accounts_compliance_staff_halved_as_fraud_boomed_during_the_pandemic