Social Care Zone » efficiency http://www.aspect.org.uk/socialcare The area of Aspect's website dedicated to the autonomous social care section of the union Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:47:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Next time you hear about efficiency savings….. http://www.aspect.org.uk/socialcare/2010/05/next-time-you-hear-about-efficiency-savings/ http://www.aspect.org.uk/socialcare/2010/05/next-time-you-hear-about-efficiency-savings/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 12:04:40 +0000 roger http://www.aspect.org.uk/socialcare/?p=288 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/

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