The deadline for applications for the Economic Resilience Fund (ERF), the Welsh covid grant scheme, is fast approaching, warns accountants Kilsby Williams

Lord Agnew, the anti fraud minister in the Treasury who was responsible for efforts to counter fraud, has resigned over the failure to stem fraud over bounce back loans

All Covid-19 restrictions are to be lifted in England on 27 January 2022 due to the success of the booster programme 

HMRC expects to recover just 25% of the total £5.8bn lost to fraudulent claims and mistaken payouts of the Covid-19 support schemes

The government has announced that those who test positive for Covid-19 in England can end their self-isolation after five full days if testing negative

Councils reported that they would have to spend £7.8bn more due to the Covid-19 pandemic however that figure was actually around £4.1bn

Over a third of bounce back loans (BBLs) issued during the pandemic are likely to have been made fraudulently due to the level of checks on applications, MPs are told

Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is discussing the introduction of a five-day isolation period instead of the current seven days to help businesses deal with staff absences during the Omicron outbreak

The Chancellor has announced a £1bn support package including grants for the hospitality sector and a sick pay rebate scheme as omicron variant spreads

As increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases means more workers taking time off work, the government has reintroduced the statutory sick pay rebate scheme (SSPRS)

The UK government has doubled the amount of additional funding available for the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to tackle Covid fallout

The reporting requirements for statutory sick pay (SSP) have been changed temporarily due to the latest covid situation