Treasury minister Lord Agnew quits over government failures on Covid frauds
A Conservative minister has resigned from his Cabinet Office and Treasury role over the Government’s “lamentable” handling of Covid fraud. Lord Agnew of Oulton made the decision to quit after £5 billion was thought to have been lost to fraudulent applications for emergency Bounce Back business loans during lockdown. He was appointed as a minister of state in February 2020 with a brief to deliver public sector reform and efficiency, as well as supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with oversight of spending controls. “I’m here to defend the Government’s record in the deployment of counter-fraud measures over the last two years or so, but I will only be able to do that in part,” he told the Lords on Monday afternoon. Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/24/treasury-minister-lord-agnew-quits-no-10s-woeful-handling-covid/ Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
