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Welcome

Lord Hanson, the Minister of State with responsibility for fraud, welcomed Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT) members, including the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (EST) Emma Reynolds MP, the Minister for Future Digital Economy and Online Safety Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (DSIT), Online Fraud Charter signatories and the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Lord Hanson set out the agenda including a focused discussion on the new Fraud Strategy, a progress update on delivering the Insurance Charter, and an update on the Stop! Think Fraud campaign.

EST and Baroness Jones delivered further opening comments.

New Fraud Strategy

The Minister emphasised the continuing and global nature of fraud, stating that strong collective action continues to be required to reduce the level of fraud. The Minister outlined the proposed areas of focus within the new Fraud Strategy: data sharing, working with key private industry, international cooperation, fraud against businesses and growth, public awareness and victim support, and evolving threats, including AI.

Home Office officials provided further details on each of the six focus areas and indicated a set of engagement sessions would run through spring to gather views and input from across the counter-fraud ecosystem. Written submissions on additional ideas to include in the Strategy would also be welcomed to the dedicated inbox: [email protected].听

Lord Hanson invited Baroness Jones to comment, who highlighted that the Online Safety Act had come into force on the 17 March and was beginning to take effect by acting against illegal harms online. She noted that the Act is a key element in the fight to disrupt fraud and that DSIT is working closely alongside the sector on these issues.

The EST noted the importance of public-private cooperation for effective fraud prevention and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is grateful for industry input since her Mansion House speech. The EST further noted the link between further efforts to prevent fraud and economic growth.

Lord Hanson noted agreement to continue the Mansion House follow-up discussions as a critical opportunity to integrate industry feedback into strategy development.

There was a further discussion with a range of comments from around the table.

Lord Hanson summarised the discussion reaffirming commitment to international action, improving the criminal justice system, improving care for victims of fraud and expressed optimism that the views shared will collectively support the future Fraud Strategy.

The Joint Fraud Taskforce agreed on the direction for the proposed new Fraud Strategy and encouraged stakeholders to engage with policy officials in its development.

Insurance Charter

The ABI noted progress on implementing the Insurance Charter and highlighted the necessity to make use of public and private data sharing. They further reported on the ABI鈥檚 progress on the publication of statistics on fraud types, the launch of a public awareness campaign and the creation of a Claims Data Theft Guide.

The Joint Fraud Taskforce welcomed the progress made on the Insurance Charter.

Stop! Think Fraud second phase update

Home Office officials provided an overview of the second phase of the public awareness campaign to empower the public, including through the provision of timely advice to the public and normalising the use of 2 step verification (2SV).

The Joint Fraud Taskforce was encouraged to support the Stop! Think Fraud campaign and asked to feedback on ideas for future campaigns.

Closing

Lord Hanson thanked everyone in the room and requested for members to contribute thoughts to the various workshops during the engagement process for the strategy.

Lord Hanson reiterated the request for support on the public awareness campaign to amplify the messaging and additional thoughts on what future campaigns could focus on.