Fraud costs councils
Local authorities are having to pay out on average #250,000 forfraudulent claims each year - which a...
Local authorities are having to pay out on average #250,000 forfraudulent claims each year - which add up to a combined cost of #1bn inpersonal injuries and accidents that never happened.
Research by Alarm, the local-authority risk managers' association, hasfound that the #1bn figure covers only the cost of actual payouts, anddoes not take into account the costs of investigation and defence - whichpush the figure up to several billion pounds' worth of money that could bespent on improving public
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