Lord Agnew
20 hours agoLord Agnew of Oulton resigned from the UK Government over how it has handled fraudulent Covid business loans. Given that I am the minister for.
He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of.
. 20 hours agoLord Agnew said the impact of this will be felt by us all and there is a penny of income tax waiting to be claimed if we just woke up. Lord Theo Agnew Minister for Efficiency and Transformation in the Treasury and Cabinet Office has dramatically resigned at the Lords despatch box today over the governments lamentable track record in combatting fraud in the covid business support loan scheme. More than 47bn was given to small businesses under the governments largest coronavirus scheme the bounce back loan scheme BBLS which had the aim of.
Treasury minister Lord Agnew has resigned saying schoolboy errors were made and dealing with fraud is desperately inadequate. 19 hours agoVoices Lord Agnews resignation was a study in barely confined rage. Lord Agnew Worldwide.
He told peers on Monday. 20 hours agoLord Agnew 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. The moment was vaguely reminiscent of the scene in Network where the TV news anchorman breaks down.
Im as mad as. 21 hours agoLord Theodore Agnew of Oulton told the House of Lords he was unhappy with working between the Department for Business and the Treasury. More than 47bn was given to small businesses under the governments largest coronavirus scheme - the bounce back loan scheme BBLS - which had the aim of saving companies at risk during the pandemic.
Lord Agnew the minister in charge of Whitehall efficiency has sensationally resigned from the Government in the Lords over its handling of fraudulent claims for Covid loans. Lord Agnew was appointed as a minister of state in 2020 with a brief to deliver public sector reform and efficiency as well as supporting the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the time. Lord Agnew who was both a Treasury and Cabinet Office minister dramatically quit his role in Boris Johnsons government in the House of Lords on Monday afternoon saying the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy had shown a lamentable oversight of COVID loan schemes which has resulted in large amounts of fraud being committed.
Lord Agnew said schoolboy errors had been made over the 47bn given out to businesses from the bounce back loan scheme BBLS including the approval of more than 1000 loans to. After telling the Lords he was unhappy with working between BEIS and the Treasury Lord Agnew told peers. 20 hours agoLord Agnew blasted Boris Johnsons Government during a dramatic resignation speech in the House of Lords before quitting his job to applauds from fellow peers.
Given that I am the minister for counter fraud it would be somewhat dishonest to stay on in that role if I am incapable of. He was appointed as a. The Tory peer.
The oversight by both BEIS and the British Business Bank of the panel lenders of BBLs has been nothing less than woeful he said. He was clear his words were not designed to wound Boris. Lord Theodore Agnew was appointed Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and Her Majestys Treasury on 14 February 2020.
The Conservative Minister said he. Lord Agnew added that his remarks and resignation is not an attack on the prime minister. Theodore Thomas More Agnew Baron Agnew of Oulton DL born 17 January 1961 is a British businessman Conservative life peer and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury.
Now the anti-fraud minister Lord Agnew quits over lamentable Covid loan oversight telling peers he is unable to defend the governments record. 20 hours agoLord Agnew resigns in parliament after 43bn write-off saying oversight of loans scheme had been nothing less than woeful First published. He also founded the Inspiration Trust and is the Trusts former chairman.
Lord Agnew said that schoolboy errors were made by the government including issuing more than 1000 loans to companies that were not even trading when Covid struck. 20 hours agoLord Agnew who has served as a minister since February 2020 added that his remarks and resignation is not an attack on the prime minister. The blows keep coming.
Announced in HoL story here via FT. 20 hours agoLord Agnew said a quarter of loans the Government had reimbursed banks for were thought to be fraudulent and accused the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy BEIS of turning a blind eye. Scooped by Seb Payne who was presumably the only hack tuned into what should have been a.
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