A leading medic in Wales has told the COVID inquiry that some non-flu pandemic counter measures had been "prematurely dismissed". Sir Frank Atherton, the Welsh government's chief medical officer, was ...

Failed pandemic-era PPE contracts cost the British taxpayer £1.4billion. The Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the figure in the first phase of his probe into wasteful Tory spending during ...

Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now "beyond recovery", a report has said. The response to the pandemic had ...

Rishi Sunak has said he would make the exact same choices again in setting up a Covid-19 business loan scheme which has since been criticised for the fraud risks it presented. The Tory MP, who served ...

Firms and individuals who wrongly claimed Covid-era cash are being urged today to cough up and "clear your conscience" - or face the consequences. Under a new voluntary repayment scheme the Treasury's ...

The final report by the Covid counter fraud commissioner, Tom Hayhoe, found that many schemes were rolled out quickly with significant risks. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you ...

Fraud and error linked to Covid support schemes cost taxpayers an eye-watering £10.9billion and much of it will never be recovered, a new report has found. Tom ...