The government has come under fire for failing to tackle public sector fraud, which is costing taxpayers £38bn a year, according to experts.

A report published on April 26 by accountancy firm MacIntyre Hudson and Portsmouth University’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies puts £22bn of the losses down to errors and fraud across local and central government. A further £16bn was a result of uncollected taxes. The £38bn total was more than double previous official estimates.

http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2010/04/public-sector-fraud-is-costing-billions-a-year/