Central government has been accused of holding back efforts to tackle fraud and save taxpayers' cash, after Whitehall departments failed to sign up to the Audit Commission's National Fraud Initiative (NFI).
The NFI is on track to reach £1bn worth of savings for taxpayers since it began 16 years ago, having now identified £939m worth of fraud, over-payment and error. However, the DCLG and the Highways Agency are the only Whitehall bodies to have signed up to the NFI so far, according to a report released by the Audit Commission on 16 May.
