Serious Fraud Office to be axed under Conservatives

Party election manifesto

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is set to be abolished under plans published in the Conservative Party election manifesto unveiled by Theresa May on Thursday.

The Prime Minister said she would fold the organisation into the National Crime Agency (NCA), which fights organised crime, if she wins the general election. The pledge follows a string of clashes between the SFO and May. As Home Secretary in David Cameron's government she had already argued it should be part of the NCA, This is Money reported. The move dismayed lawyers and anti-corruption groups. Kingsley Napley partner Stephen Parkinson told the paper it was "dreadful news". He said: "I have two main concerns. Firstly, that there will be organisational paralysis; people will leav...

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