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Government faces urgent call to tackle Britain’s ‘fraud epidemic’

Influential committee reveals 43% jump in economic crime in the year from June 2019

The government has been warned by an influential group of MPs to urgently tackle a “fraud epidemic” across Britain, amid concerns about the increasing financial toll on consumers and taxpayers from economic crime.

The Commons Treasury committee said ministers needed to bring in fresh laws and beef up resources for fighting fraud after a dramatic surge in scams during the coronavirus pandemic.

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