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“Fraud prevention is insufficiently embedded into public sector thinking and decision-making”: Can the public feel assured of better guardianship of public funds following the Covid-19 Fraud report?
Authors: Dr Anu Watson and Dr Cerian Griffiths Context The Covid-19 pandemic placed the public sector under unprecedented pressure. The urgency of the response, and the scale of spending it demanded, created fertile conditions for fraud (BBC, 2025). PPE procurement, business support schemes, and individual financial support packages were all…