Public Sector

Weak financial 'control' in more than 60 academy trusts also shown in analysis of accounts by DfE agency

Suppliers are being sought to support intended improvements to Student Loans Company's customer interface and technology estate

Whitehall is planning a review into how business grants are awarded to combat fraudulent claims.

A CHILDREN'S nursery boss described as a ‘practiced and consummate liar’ who defrauded a Black Country council out of more than £25,000 has been jailed.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/18252071.oldbury-woman-branded-liar-judge-25k-nursery-fraud/?ref=twtrec

A Shropshire prison officer has denied defrauding HMP Stoke Heath by making false expense claims.

A consultation has been launched to seek views on the creation of a single source of healthcare data in England, with a series of pilots announced

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478819/Data-sharing-between-private-healthcare-and-NHS-to-move-into-new-phase

Gloucestershire's former chief fire officer has been charged with an allegation of fraud and will appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court next month.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/gloucestershires-former-fire-chief-to-appear-in-court-on-fraud-charges

Rise of scholastic and academic fraud

An investigation carried out by City of York Council has uncovered and successfully prosecuted a case of Blue Badge fraud in York city centre.

https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/3038483/man-fined-700-for-blue-badge-fraud-in-york/#.XkBuwHW7OJg.twitter

Coventry City Council has lost more than £20,000 it gave to a tenant in housing benefits they were not entitled to – while it also wrongly paid thousands of pounds to people who had died.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/dead-people-tenants-wrongly-given-17701629?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar