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Recommendation 4
4
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Dedicated Ministerial portfolio crucial for unified, accountable approach to tackling fraud.
Conclusion
Fraud and other forms of economic crime need to sit within a Ministerial portfolio that allows the postholder to prioritise this increasingly important area of work, and who can draw together parts of government and private sector companies to create a unified approach to tackling fraud. This should also be in such a way as will give the issue more publicly visible political and governmental ownership and accountability. (Paragraph 20) Victims
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflected the recommendation about ministerial portfolio, committing instead £30 million over three years to upgrade Action Fraud, replacing it in 2024, and launching a new reporting tool and website in 2023.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Tackling fraud is a priority of the Government and given the overlap between economic crime and national security, the Security Minister is well positioned to provide leadership, ownership and oversight of the Government’s response to fraud against businesses and individuals. The successful relaunch of the Joint Fraud Taskforce is testament to the role of the Security Minister, as a Home Office minister, to bring together key stakeholders in both the public and private sectors to combat fraud. Victims
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