UK Government ‘Too Slow’ to Recover Fraud Losses Following COVID-19 Pandemic: Report

Soldiers wearing full PPE in the form of face shields, gloves, face masks and bibs wait to assist CCP virus testing at a rapid testing centre in the Liverpool exhibition centre in Liverpool, England, on November 11, 2020 Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images

MPs have said the government needs to learn how to better manage crises like the COVID-19 pandemic in order to tackle fraud and error, which cost taxpayers billions of pounds.

The Committee of Public Accounts (CPA) has issued a report looking into the challenges and opportunities across Whitehall during the period that Britain opened up after two years of lockdowns.