https://tech.newstatesman.com/public-sector/shortage-of-digital-tools-hampering-efforts-to-tackle-procurement-fraud-report-warns

A shortage of digital procurement tools is hampering efforts to stem a tide of fraud and corruption in local government that costs taxpayers up to £2.75bn a year, the government has warned.

In a new review of corruption in local government procurement, officials call on councils to adopt technology to analyse spend data to preempt and investigate fraudulent transactions.