Adult social care was the biggest cause of potential fraud investigated at Redcar and Cleveland Council in the last 12 months, a report has revealed.

The organisation Veritau, which delivers a counter-fraud service on behalf of the local authority, said 54 reports of potential fraud were referred to it in in the 2023/24 financial year. As a result its team completed 16 investigations into alleged frauds with adult social care representing almost 39% of all cases, the majority.