The Home Office launches an anti-fraud campaign to help clamp down on potential scams more easily. Security minister Tom Tugendhat described it as a “vile” crime that “steals people’s life savings”.
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00:00 Fraud is a huge problem across the United Kingdom.
00:02 It's a vile crime.
00:03 It literally steals people's life savings.
00:06 And this government takes it incredibly seriously.
00:08 That's why we've managed to get fraud down about 13%
00:12 year on year.
00:13 And we're investing more into fighting fraud in the UK.
00:17 What you've just seen this morning is a raid
00:18 by the City of London police.
00:20 And across the United Kingdom, we've
00:21 got a new national fraud squad and a new national fraud
00:25 intelligence unit to fight fraud here at home.