‘Polygamous working’ civil servant held multiple jobs, UK investigation finds

National Fraud Initiative report for Cabinet Office identified Defra employee also being paid by DHSC for full-time role

A civil servant held multiple full-time jobs at different government departments at the same time, according to a Cabinet Office investigation.

A report by the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) - a data-matching exercise carried out every two years by the Cabinet Office that helps prevent and detect fraud - made the discovery in 2022-23 when looking at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).