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2025-02-03 21:49:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3157244C76F013669DE2478A9BF537DEC8D8ED7939D6DCDAA1B4302B68691057
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Of the £52bn total fraud, £7.3bn were due to vulnerabilities of the expedited measures of COVID relief (furlough and bounce-back loan approvals), and £44.7bn came from Tax/Welfare abuse endemic to system loopholes under multiple successive governments of all parties. https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fraud-overview-2023-24.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-loan-guarantee-schemes-repayment-data/bounce-back-loan-scheme-performance-data-as-at-31-july-2022
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