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- Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner Tom Hayhoe's report finds £10.9 billion lost to fraud in UK Covid schemes.
- The report criticizes the previous Conservative government's rollout without safeguards.
- Hayhoe calls for stronger fraud prevention and coordination with the Public Sector Fraud Authority.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves says recoveries will continue, even as much of the loss remains unrecoverable.
- The report did not address allegations of PPE procurement corruption linked to political connections.
