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2026 Overview
As public bodies face increasing financial pressures and rising levels of fraud, the need for stronger counter-fraud measures is more urgent than ever. Fraud and error are diverting billions from essential services, stretching already pressured systems. With criminals becoming more sophisticated and exploiting new vulnerabilities, the Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill 2025 strengthens government-wide defences by giving organisations clearer powers to investigate, prevent and recover losses. Public sector bodies must now build more resilient systems and cultures to protect public funds and maintain trust.
2026 Agenda
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Keynote: Fraud, Error and Risk Across Government
- Reviewing the latest NAO data on fraud and error
- Understanding high-risk areas and systemic vulnerabilities
- Improving financial stewardship and fraud prevention mechanisms
- Strengthening internal controls and governance across public bodies
Christopher Barrett, Senior Manager of Fraud and Propriety, National Audit Office
Keynote: Insider Fraud Threats in Public Sector Organisations
- Reviewing recent trends and data highlighting the prevalence of insider fraud in public sector organisations, including the growing number of reported cases
- Identifying warning signs that staff may pose a fraud risk, such as unusual access to systems, unexplained lifestyle changes, reluctance to take leave, or bypassing internal controls
- Discussing strategies to mitigate insider fraud
- Key tips on how to build a culture of counter-fraud within your workforce
Rachael Tiffen, Director of Public Sector and Learning, Cifas
Questions & Answers
Comfort Break
Keynote: Cyber Hygiene in the Age of AI Scams
- Beyond the Bait: How Cyber Hygiene Defeats the Art of the Scam.
- Whilst we focus on AI-threats, don’t forget the basics
- Emerging threats and continued trends overview-phishing
- CRC cyber services to prevent fraud
Richard Morrison-Butcher, Director, Cyber Resilience Centre for London
Keynote: Data Analytics and an Organisational Counter Fraud Strategy
Richard Rippin, Associate Director for Operational Services, NHS Counter Fraud Authority
Questions & Answers
Lunch Break
Case Study: Tackling Risk of Procurement Fraud in Local Government
- Identifying common procurement fraud risks across the commissioning, tendering and contract management lifecycle
- Recognising the vulnerabilities that enable fraud, including commercial capability and contract management
- Exploring how preventative, detective and responsive internal controls can be embedded to reduce risk and support resilience
- Examining how councils can move from reactive detection to fraud prevention
Laura Hough, Trustee, Fraud Advisory Panel
Case Study: Tackling Housing Fraud: Preventing Tenancy and Right-to-Buy Abuse
- Examining how fraudulent or misleading Right-to-Buy applications can undermine housing policy objectives and divert public subsidy away from those it is intended to support
- Understanding the risks to housing programmes where tenancy status, occupancy or eligibility information is misrepresented
- Exploring how public bodies, housing providers and investigators can work together to identify and prevent abuse across housing schemes
- Considering how stronger assurance can help safeguard public investment in housing
Stewart Brown, Senior Manager Counter Fraud and Investigations, Homes England
Questions & Answers
Comfort Break
Keynote: Counter-Fraud Resilience During Local Government Re-Organisation and Making Best Use of Unlawful Profit Orders
- Embedding counter-fraud resilience into local government reorganisation plans
- Strengthening governance and maintaining fraud intelligence continuity during change
- Leveraging UPOs to recover public funds and reinforce tenancy enforcement
- Creating a unified fraud prevention culture through organisational transition
Scott Warner, Counter Fraud Manager, Oxford City Council
Case Study: Strengthening Data Sharing Across Local Councils
- Local Authority Counter Fraud Report 2025 – Key Findings regarding Local Government Counter-Fraud Response
- Identifying the core challenges that limit effective data sharing between local authorities
- Examining governance requirements alongside ethical frameworks and privacy safeguards
- Cross-sector data-sharing opportunities that may improve fraud detection and support faster disruption
Lavinia Ferguson Dean, Membership and Communications Manager, National Anti-Fraud Network
Case Study: The Health Impact of Fraud on Victims
- Examining how fraud causes significant harm beyond financial loss, positioning it as a public health issue
- Identifying common health impacts on victims, including anxiety and longer-term mental health challenges
- Recognising the factors that influence severity of harm, such as fraud type, and individual vulnerability
- Exploring how organisations can adopt preventative and trauma-informed approaches to better identify harm and support victim recovery
Dr Michael Skidmore, Head of Serious Crime Research, The Police Foundation
Questions & Answers
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Conference Close
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2026 Speakers
Lavinia Ferguson-Dean
Membership and Communications Mananger
NAFN Data and Intelligence Services
Christopher Barrett
Senior Audit Manager for Fraud and Propriety
National Audit Office
Rachael Tiffen
Director of Public Sector and Learning
Cifas
Richard Rippen
Associate Director for Operational Services
NHS Counter Fraud Authority
Testimonials
Great event with the opportunity to keep up to date on the latest development, training and insights on public sector fraud and how the various sectors and organisations collaborate to tackle incidences.
Good range of speakers and subjects covered.
A good event for providing an overview and the scale of the threat of fraud to the public sector with good advice on how to begin to tackle the issue.
A really good session with relevant topics and speakers on public sector fraud.
