Hundreds of millions | Counting the taxpayer cost of whistleblowing failures

Ignoring whistleblowers in the Post Office and other recent UK scandals has cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds.

New research reveals the financial impact to the taxpayer of failing to listen to whistleblowers. The Post Office Horizon scandal, the Countess of Chester/Lucy Letby scandal and the collapse of the construction firm Carillion alone have so far cost the taxpayer 426 million pounds.