Basha73
Vital Football Legend
One of the biggest issues is that HMRC, much like the fraud departments of DWP are almost criminally under-resourced and have been for decades. I worked in a department 20 years ago that because of the information it held was in a prime position to report fraud and did so at first.
Problem was that for all the money it saved (and it saved millions) it took time and as resources got tighter - more with less as they call it now - this was dropped.
Unfortunately both the Tory and Labour governments have decimated the civil service. Sometimes with good cause but, in the case of fraud investigation, to the point where it is laughable to even call them departments.
It’s almost like they don’t want to deal with the issue...
Problem was that for all the money it saved (and it saved millions) it took time and as resources got tighter - more with less as they call it now - this was dropped.
Unfortunately both the Tory and Labour governments have decimated the civil service. Sometimes with good cause but, in the case of fraud investigation, to the point where it is laughable to even call them departments.
It’s almost like they don’t want to deal with the issue...