‘Equality Law’ Used to Block Middle Class White Men From Govt Internship

A government spending watchdog has said that only black, female, or impoverished candidates will be considered for an upcoming taxpayer-funded paid internship, sparking accusations of discrimination against middle-class white males.

A clause in the Equality Act 2010, which allows for private companies and public bodies to use “positive action” to “address disadvantage or under-representation” of certain ethnic or sexual groups in hiring, has seen a government programme being accused of being racist towards native British males.

According to the Daily Mail, a paid summer internship by the government-funded National Audit Office (NAO) spending watchdog said that it would only be open to either black, female, or poor in a bid to support “diverse talent”.

The £25,089 six-week position will therefore be unattainable for white males from middle- to upper-class backgrounds, regardless of merit.

In addition to the salary, the internship is pitched as being a significant leg up in terms of networking and learning from “experienced colleagues”, avenues of career advancement which will apparently be shut off to some based on their race.

An NAO spokesman said: “Our long-running diversity internship schemes offer valuable work experience in the audit sector.

“The internship opens doors to people who are under-represented in the sector including anyone from less affluent backgrounds.”

Nigel Farage has made the elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and so-called “positive discrimination” a key plank of his Reform UK party’s pitch to the public. This has been magnified by the recent trial for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who died in police handcuffs after officers refused to believe that he had been stabbed by Sikh man Vikrum Digwa, who accused Nowak of being racist.

Mr Farage has argued that the mindset of the DEI agenda infects the way that people process information, leading to a system of “two-tier” justice, in which authorities are biased against the native white population of Britain.

Commenting on the NAO internship barring middle-class white males, Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf said that it was “blatant discrimination” and that positions should solely be determined “on merit”.

“This is anti-white, anti-merit ideology masquerading as diversity and inclusion,” he said.

Former Homes Secretary and Reform UK Shadow Education and Equalities Minister Suella Braverman added that the “anti-white racism and anti-male sexism” was only allowed to persist because of the Equalities Act and therefore a Reform UK government would “get rid of this divisive law and ensure that meritocracy is upheld in the workplace.”

“We will ensure that no one – be it pregnant women, disabled people, white men or ethnic minorities- is discriminated against because of their personal characteristics,” Braverman said.

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Belfast protests descend into chaos following vicious knife attack

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Protests have broken out in Belfast following a vicious knife attack in the Northern Ireland capital.

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A man in his 40s was pinned down in the street before being stabbed, suffering wounds to his eyes, his back, and his face.

Local police have commended members of the public, who they believe helped save the man’s life by dragging the alleged attacker off him.

A man from Sudan who was granted leave to remain in the UK in 2023 has now been arrested and charged with attempted murder.

UK: Four Afghan men accused of raping teenage girl for several hours in Bristol

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A teenage girl was allegedly raped by four Afghan nationals including a 16-year-old boy for “several hours”, a court has heard.

Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai and Salman Habibkheil, both 19 and a 16-year-old boy allegedly raped the girl in Bristol.

The victim had been out with friends over the Christmas period last year when she was approached by Safi, who was a stranger to her, the jury heard.

He asked the victim to add him on Snapchat, before asking her to send him nude photographs of her on November 28.

Safi allegedly organised a taxi for the 17-year-old to transport her from her home in Somerset to Bristol two days later.

In the early hours of the morning, she was initially dropped off at an industrial part of the south west city, where Safi and Habibkheil were waiting for her.

The pair then took her in another taxi to a property in the St Werburghs area – north east of the city centre.

Once at the property, the victim was plied with vodka and given cigarettes before being allegedly raped by Safi, Habibkheil, Ahmadzai and a 16-year-old boy, Bristol Crown Court heard.

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Catholic parish in Germany backs pro-LGBT parade, joins Protestants in offering ‘blessings’

A Catholic parish church in Germany came out in support of the pro-LGBT Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in conjunction with the local Protestant parish.

According to a local news outlet, on June 13 the Protestant church in Pforzheim and the Catholic parish of the Sacred Heart will support the CSD, as Christiane Quincke, dean of the Protestant church in Pforzheim, and Father Steffen Schölch, parish priest of the Catholic parish of Pforzheim, said in a statement.

“A few weeks ago, we celebrated Pentecost. This feast shows that the Holy Spirit unites people and creates community,” the statement reads.

No one should have to hide their “identity” or background, the church leaders stressed.

“On the contrary: God created us in diversity and unites us. We are firmly convinced that every person – regardless of religion, background, social status, or sexual identity – is created by God and loved by God. We share this concern with CSD [Christopher Street Day], which advocates for the dignity of queer people, seeks to make visible the diversity of people in their sexual identities, and takes to the streets for their rights.”

The churches will have a joint booth during the CSD parade in Pforzheim and plan to administer “blessings” for the participants.

“We view with great concern the fact that queer people are increasingly subjected to hostility and threats – including in Pforzheim,” the joint church statement said, adding:

Right-wing extremists have also announced that on June 13 they will agitate with nationalist and defamatory slogans in the immediate vicinity of the CSD. We hope that the city of Pforzheim and the police authorities will fully protect CSD participants from the danger posed by right-wing extremists. We will be there and, through our presence, send a clear message in support of diversity and against hatred and misanthropy.

On its website, the Pforzheim parish has a section labeled “for queer people” that links to the website of the Archdiocese of Freiburg headed by Archbishop Stephan Burger. The archdiocese has an “offer for queer people,” which appears to be a form of “pastoral care” that does not call sinners to repentance but instead affirms them in their supposed “queer identity.”

“Queer gender identities can include, for example, non-binary, gender-fluid, genderqueer, or agender, which demonstrates that gender is diverse and need not be confined to rigid categories,” the website of the archdiocese states.

“In queer pastoral care, queer people are valued for their respective identities and ways of life, and a space is created that is as safe as possible, where they can live their spirituality in harmony with who they are,” the website continues. “The goal is to critically examine traditional religious structures and create more inclusive paths for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

“In this way, queer pastoral care empowers people to confidently bring their faith, life experiences, skills, questions, and spiritualities into the Church, and to live out and advocate for gender justice.”

Catholic teaching is incompatible with the idea of affirming someone with a “queer identity,” as if certain behaviors were innate and unchangeable in the nature of man.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states that God created humans “male and female.” “Physical, moral, and spiritual difference and complementarity are oriented toward the goods of marriage and the flourishing of family life. The harmony of the couple and of society depends in part on the way in which the complementarity, needs, and mutual support between the sexes are lived out,” the Catechism continues.

The Catholic Church also has clearly condemned homosexual acts as “acts of grave depravity” and “intrinsically disordered” as well as “contrary to the natural law.” The CCC furthermore states that “They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.” It adds that the homosexual inclination is “objectively disordered.”

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Vienna Pride Event for Preschoolers Draws Criticism from the Right

A Pride Month event organised by Vienna’s publicly funded children’s information service has sparked political controversy in Austria, with the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) accusing the city council of promoting gender ideology to children as young as three.

The event, titled “Pride feiern mit Holli” (Celebrate Pride with Holli), is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 13th, at the WIENXTRA Children’s Information Centre in inner city Vienna.

According to the programme, families will be invited to create rainbow paper flags before joining spectators at the city’s annual Rainbow Parade. The activity is open to children aged three and above.

Organisers describe the initiative as an age-appropriate creative activity designed to “promote tolerance, inclusion, and awareness of different life experiences.” Educational materials accompanying the event explain concepts such as diversity, inclusion, and queer identities.

The programme has drawn strong criticism from the FPÖ, which has accused the Social Democrat-led city council and its coalition partner, the liberal NEOS, of pursuing a “queer and transgender agenda.”

FPÖ’s parliamentary group leader in the Viennese council, Maximilian Krauss, described the programme as a form of “early sexualisation.” He also criticised the use of public funding for such activities.

The fact that the ideologues of the Red-Pink coalition now want to target even three-year-olds with their queer and transgender agenda marks a new low in social policy. 

Children of this age need a carefree childhood, not ideological experiments.

Pride Parade für Dreijährige? Nur mehr verrückt. https://t.co/ymtAlGK5Jy— Maximilian Krauss (@Max_Krauss) June 8, 2026

The FPÖ has announced plans to launch a formal inquiry regarding the programme and its funding.

The dispute reflects the perverted attitude of Western Europe’s leftist-liberal elites towards LGBT issues, with gender identity and sexuality increasingly being introduced to small children.

The European Union’s top court recently ruled that Hungary’s 2021 child protection law—which restricts the promotion of homosexuality and gender ideology to minors—violates EU law, and that Hungary’s measures were “contrary to the very identity of the Union.”

As Jonathon Van Maren recently wrote in his commentary for europeanconservative.com:

The ruling emphasizes the ‘values’ of the New Europe. Just fifty years ago, no civilized country would have accepted that children had a human right to consume LGBT content, or that LGBT activists had a human right to expose themselves in public or act out weird sexual fetishes in the streets.

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Burnham Accused of Political Interference as Firefighters Warned Not to Stand for Farage’s Reform UK

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Prime Minister hopeful Andy Burnham has faced accusations of political interference and of impeding free speech after Manchester’s Fire and Rescue Service appeared to pressure firefighters against supporting or standing in elections for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who is currently seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as the leader of the left-wing Labour Party after announcing plans to stand down as mayor and run for parliament in the Makerfield seat vacated by anti-Breitbart activist Josh Simons, has become embroiled in controversy just days before voters head to the polls for the special by-election that will determine his and potentially the fate of the country.

Emails from April obtained by the Daily Mail have revealed that the heads of Manchester’s Fire and Rescue Service “race and faith staff network”, Carl Petch and Humaira Ahmed, said that they had cautioned firefighters that their plans to stand in local elections for Farage’s Reform UK party had caused “concern”.

While police officers are prohibited from standing for office, there is no such restriction on firefighters. As mayor, Burnham also serves as the city’s fire commissioner, meaning that ultimate responsibility for the service rests on his desk… at least for another ten days.

The email from his subordinates, Petch and Ahmed, reportedly said: “We are aware that some staff members have chosen to represent Reform UK in their local areas. We know this may cause concern within our network and wider.

“The individuals involved have been spoken to, to make it clear that as members of GMFRS (Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service) our core values and professional behaviours must be displayed at all times.

“The service is currently seeking formal legal guidance… to ensure we are protected from all perspectives and that our inclusive culture remains safe… Our priority is and always will be ensuring that every member of this network feels supported, respected and safe at work.”

The email went on to call on any fire service employee to rat out their fellow workers, saying: “If you have any personal concerns, or feel impacted by this, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly.”

Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf has demanded that Manchester’s Fire and Rescue Service apologise to the party and the affected staff. He has also called for the Electoral Commission to investigate the service and for it to provide a full transcript of any discussions leadership had with members over their support of Reform UK.

“Sending an anti-Reform UK political broadcast on public systems during a regulated election period is a shocking breach of electoral neutrality and is unlawful,” Yusuf said.

“Hounding staff for lawful political views is unacceptable and is proof of the exact perception that anyone questioning an aggressive DEI agenda will be chased out of their job,” he added.

It comes after the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) endorsed Burnham’s candidacy for the Makerfield by-election and donated £10,000 to his campaign. There have been growing concerns within the Labour Party over large swaths of union workers defecting to Reform, further gutting the pretence that the party remains a representative of the working class rather than its increasingly urban and multicultural base.

While heavily favoured in the Makerfield race, given his relative popularity in the Manchester area, Burnham will face a steep challenge from local plumber turned councillor Robert Kenyon, who is standing for Reform UK.

Outside of direct political considerations, Free Speech Union founder Lord Young of Acton has urged Burnham to reject the censorious behaviour at the GMFRS, warning that it could “create a chilling effect on free speech” within the service against those who back Reform.

“The practical effect is that a public fire and rescue service governed by you is treating the lawful political activity of your electoral opponents as a reputational risk to their employer,” Young said.

“Regardless of whether this reflects your instruction, it reflects your governance; and a public office-holder who permits his institution to demonise or chill the speech and political activity of those who support his principal electoral rival cannot claim to be discharging that office with the impartiality it demands.”

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UK PM Keir Starmer says ‘successful, brilliant, creative’ Muslim immigrants have made great contributions to Britain’s story

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The U.K. Telegraph recently reported that Luke Salmons, a Christian police support officer with the North Yorkshire force, was fired after merely asking questions about Islam in a diversity training session he had been led to believe was a “safe space.”

That is in keeping with recent horror stories of British police siding with Muslim perpetrators over innocent citizens, as most horrifically — and inexcusably — evidenced by the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak.

In a related story, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently lauded the contributions Muslim immigrants have made to Britain’s “story,” characterizing them as “successful,” “brilliant,” and “creative.”

Well, they certainly have been successfully creative at bilking British taxpayers out of billions of pounds of hard-earned money. And they have been similarly successful in their creative use of knives against the native island-dwellers. The latest incident just yesterday is here:

What other contributions have Muslims made to Britain’s story? Did they help battle William the Conqueror in 1066? Did they assist Archbishop Stephen Langton in drafting the Magna Carta, a document that forever changed the relationship between those in power and those governed by them? Did they found Oxford and Cambridge? Contribute to the Battle of Britain? Pilot boats that picked up soldiers at Dunkirk?

Starmer also stated that Elon Musk must stop interfering in British politics, by taking to his ‘X’ platform to decry the astronomical number of gang rapes and stabbings committed by Muslim migrants in once Jolly Olde England. And by his utterly untoward and unacceptable criticisms of Starmer’s government and police forces for failing to deal with — or often even acknowledge—these heinous crimes.

British citizens do not have Second Amendment rights, something Starmer surely revels in on a daily basis. Nor do they enjoy free speech, which also elates and arouses him to no end. Say something in Britain that could offend Muslims — or Starmer — and off to the “gaol” or slammer you may go. It would be far better for Brits if Starmer stopped interfering in British politics. Starmer also tried to interfere in American politics in 2024, sending scores of his Labour Party minions to battleground states to rally Democrats against Bad Orange Man.

It is almost impossible to overstate the trouble the United Kingdom is in. A recent report noted that the nation’s entire fleet of hunter-killer submarines is stuck in port, unable to sail. That’s right, all five of its Astute class submarines are currently laid up awaiting maintenance and other repair work. Every one of them … at the same time. How is this possible?

And, if that’s not embarrassing enough, the Bank of England recently decided that Winston Churchill, Alan Turing, and Jane Austen, among others, are now too controversial to appear on British banknotes. They are to be replaced by…frogs. Not Frenchmen mind you, but actual frogs. And foxes, dolphins, and puffins … oh my!

The BOE announced it would phase out the portraits of the white historical figures in favor of native wildlife imagery on its next banknote series, for reasons of “security.”

Sure. Now tell us the one about the three bears. (Maybe they’ll be on a banknote soon.)

Any remaining sentient beings know these great historical figures are now persona non grata because they are old and white. And maybe straight and Christian, too!

If Britain is set on replacing its erstwhile national heroes with animals on its currency, it should at least have the decency to use only invasive species.

I repeatedly report on — and mock — the U.K. and Canada, and deservedly so. But things are not that much different here in the U.S. We are one Democrat Congress and president away from following in their footsteps.

To many of us in the West, the past seems a foreign country. And now we are living in one.

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Left-wing violence surges over 42 per cent in Germany

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Politically motivated violence from the left-wing spectrum exploded in 2025, according to official figures released by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).

Left-wing violent crimes rose by more than 42 per cent to 1,087 cases, the highest level in years, while overall left-motivated offences increased by over 35 per cent to 13,490.

The sharp rise was highlighted by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who warned of a “growing threat” from the left-wing scene.

Attacks on police officers were also driven almost exclusively by left-wing perpetrators.

In the Bundestag election year 2025, politically motivated crime in Germany reached a record high with 85,837 cases registered nationwide, marking an increase of about two per cent compared to 2024.

This is the highest number since the joint federal and state crime statistics began in 2001.

Anti-Semitism saw a five per cent increase, with half of these incidents related to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

It cause a spike in “hate crime” reports inspired by the Left.

Alternative for Germany (AfD) politicians and representatives were disproportionately targeted.

Out of 193 violent crimes against party officials and members nationwide, 121 were directed at the AfD, the highest of any party.

A separate tally of 5,140 offences against politicians and party representatives showed the AfD suffering 1,852 incidents overall.

Following the leading group, the CDU reported 1,171 politically motivated crime cases and the Greens had 1,005 cases.

The term “attack” encompasses more than just violent acts. Out of 5,140 registered crimes, 193 were violent, while many others involved insults, slander, incitement to hatred or property damage.

Of these 193 violent attacks, 121 were directed against representatives and party members of the AfD.

Attacks on AfD party buildings and offices also led the statistics.

While the BKA still classifies the largest share of politically motivated crime under the “right-wing” category (42,544 cases), experts and critics note significant distortions in how these figures are compiled.

A substantial portion consists of propaganda offences, such as the anonymous use of swastikas or banned symbols.

Many such incidents, including those spray-painted by left-wing activists or pro-Palestine groups to smear opponents, are automatically recorded as right-wing.

Inter-ethnic clashes, such as between Kurdish and Turkish groups, are frequently categorised as “right-wing” or “xenophobic” even when they have no connection to German political extremism.

Incidents are labelled right-wing if the victim is perceived as “foreign” or non-German, regardless of the perpetrator’s background or actual political motive.

This practice inflates the “right-wing” numbers while downplaying genuine left-wing violence.

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Spain: Moroccan migrant sexually assault 69-year-old terminal cancer patient inside Ibiza hospital

The public hospital El Can Misses de Ibiza has strengthened its security protocols after a 35-year-old Moroccan migrant sexually assaulted a 69-year-old patient with terminal cancer. After the incident, the suspect managed to access the health complex at dawn on May 14.

According to the police investigation, the man managed to enter the hospital without authorization and went through numerous checkpoints undetected before he arrived at the woman’s room. During the sexual assault, the Moroccan reportedly threatened to kill the woman.

He reportedly told her he would “cut her neck” if she screamed for help while he squeezed her throat. However, the woman managed to hit her emergency button. This may have saved the woman’s life, as once the alarm was activated, the man bounded out of the hospital, breaking a door in the process, according to Spanish news outlet El Debate.

The death threats and sexual assault occurred despite the fragile woman undergoing palliative care, which has sent shockwaves through the hospital center’s workers.

While the man managed to escape the hospital grounds, national police were able to identify him and arrest him days later. Spanish media has since learned that the man had an open deportation order, which was issued by a court for his long line of criminal offenses, including altercations and violent episodes on the island of Ibiza.

Remarkably, instead of trying him in court, authorities admitted him into the same hospital for psychiatric treatment where the elderly woman was raped. Although he was in a different unit, it remains unclear if the woman herself knows her attacker is in the same hospital complex.

The management in the Can Misses hospital are now reviewing security protocols in the wake of the sexual assault. Due to the foreigner, who allegedly wanted to rape an elderly woman, the main entrance of the hospital is no longer freely open to the public and will now be blocked during certain hours. The entrance must always be supervised, maintain a guard, and be tightly controlled by hospital staff.

Now, the hospital features an “extraordinary number of security guards,” with the plan to extend this trial phase throughout the year.

The hospital has also launched a campaign for doctors, nurses, and other staff warning them to keep an eye on suspicious activity. The campaign is entitled: “You are the eyes of our patients.”

Remix News has frequently reported on foreigners raping elderly patients across Europe, with such stories frequently appearing in France and Sweden.

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UK: Billions of pounds worth of taxpayers’ money given to terrorists and criminals from foreign aid budget

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A classified Cabinet Office dossier has revealed that over £28billion in public funds ended up in the hands of terrorists, hostile foreign powers and criminal organisations during a six-year period.

The internal assessment, covering 2015 to 2021, represents what is believed to be the first comprehensive evaluation of how British taxpayer money has inadvertently financed threats to national security.

Foreign aid payments and pandemic relief loans were exploited on a massive scale by Britain’s adversaries, with the funds now unrecoverable and those responsible facing no consequences.

Security officials commissioned the report in 2023 but it was subsequently suppressed by the previous Government, The Telegraph has revealed.

Sources indicated the document was deliberately kept from public view to shield ministers from the political fallout of disclosing such extensive misallocation of government resources.

The dossier documents grants awarded to firms with connections to the Russian state, Covid relief funds channelled to Islamic State militants in Syria, and research investments flowing to companies tied to China’s military apparatus.

One particularly striking case involved a British dual-use technology firm that worked on sensitive defence systems. Shortly after receiving a substantial grant from UK Research and Innovation, a Kremlin-linked entity acquired a significant stake in the company.

“It meant that as well as [Russia] having access to our intellectual property, we were directly paying millions to the Russian state,” a source with knowledge of the matter told The Telegraph.

Counter-terrorism funding was also inadvertently directed to extremists promoting anti-Western ideology.

Criminal enterprises received the bulk of the misappropriated money, including people-smuggling networks that fraudulently claimed housing benefits and disability payments.

Intelligence sources identified an Eastern European organised crime group, allegedly supported by a hostile state, that systematically targeted British public funds whilst facilitating illegal migration.

Rebecca Harding, from the Centre for Economic Security, described the findings as a wake-up call, arguing that “economic warfare and economic security are more important than ever before there have been threats from adversaries, state actors and non-state actors that go through the business system”.

She warned that Britain had been complacent in assuming other nations shared its values. “It is economic warfare, and we have been naive about all of this,” she added.

Tom Keatinge of the Rusi think tank characterised the welfare system as having become an “ATM for terrorists” in numerous instances, though he noted that distributing agencies had grown more vigilant.

He condemned the administration of pandemic lending as “pretty disastrous”, observing: “If there’s a loophole, anyone can use that loophole – criminals, terrorists, anyone just making a quick buck.”

Mr Keatinge emphasised the need for greater caution regarding who receives taxpayer funding.

Throughout the period examined, Britain maintained one of the world’s largest overseas development budgets, committing 0.7 per cent of gross national income to foreign assistance.

The Department for International Development’s own figures showed annual aid spending rose from £12.1billion in 2015 to £15.2billion by 2019, before declining during the pandemic.

A separate parliamentary report in December revealed that £10.9billion was lost to fraud and error in the previous government’s Covid response, with the counter-fraud commissioner citing weak accountability and poor data quality.

Professor Nicholas Ryder, a terrorism financing expert at Cardiff University and former home affairs select committee adviser, called the findings “staggering”.

“The major problem with the UK stance is that the Government fails to recognise that particular connection between fraud and terrorist financing,” he said, noting that the US and Australia dedicate far greater resources to using fraud investigations to disrupt terrorist networks.

A Cabinet Office spokesman defended the current administration’s record, stating: “This Government is taking unprecedented action to tackle public sector fraud, having saved over £7.5billion of taxpayer money in the past year through aggressive fraud prevention and recovery.”

The spokesman added that improved data usage and additional expert investigators meant fraud was being identified and halted more rapidly than before.

Specialist teams have been established to pursue suspected fraudsters and reclaim money from pandemic-era lending schemes.

However, national security sources expressed frustration that comparable scrutiny had not extended to other government funding streams.

Despite some improvements to grant verification procedures, concerns persist that rigorous background checks are not being consistently applied.

Security officials said it remained uncertain which department hold responsibility for assessing national security risks when awarding public grants, leaving potential vulnerabilities in the system.

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