Billions in aid handed to terrorists and criminals: The Telegraph
The leaked report says fast-tracked aid and loan schemes with weak checks let criminals exploit more than £28bn, officials have not verified.
- A leaked 2023 Cabinet Office dossier reported by The Telegraph claims more than £28bn of UK public funds were misappropriated between 2015 and 2021, allegedly reaching criminal groups, hostile states, and terror-linked networks.
- Officials reportedly buried the 2023 report due to political sensitivity after investigators found rapid Covid-era loan schemes and foreign aid spending created exploitable gaps, with payments allegedly reaching Russian and ISIS-linked interests.
- While the dossier alleges exploitation on a vast scale, the £28bn figure remains unverified by independent review; a prior parliamentary report estimated £10.9bn lost to fraud, though experts caution attributing specific funds to terror groups is complex.
- In response, a Cabinet Office spokesperson stated the government is taking "unprecedented action" to tackle public sector fraud, claiming officials have saved more than £7.5bn through improved checks and recovery efforts over the past year.
- Experts, including Professor Nicholas Ryder of Cardiff University, warn that failing to link fraud with terrorist financing poses a national security risk, arguing economic warfare requires better oversight of how public funds interact with global adversaries.
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