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    Risk of UK aid fraud rose after budget cut, Covid and FCDO merger, watchdog says

    by Sophie Wingate Mar 26, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    The risk of fraud in UK aid has been heightened by budget cuts, the pandemic and a departmental reorganisation, a watchdog has warned.

    The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) criticised the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for largely reacting to fraud rather than proactively seeking to prevent it.

    The department discovered just £2.2 million in fraud loss in 2020-21 in UK

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