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  "text": "A team built to fight fraud is still draining Southend council’s budget.\nThe council paid £272k to Thurrock council for fraud services in January and now bizarrely claims there was no payment.\nRead the full story, by J.J. Jackson:",
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      "title": "Exposed: the fraud squad that cost Southend millions",
      "description": "A counter-fraud partnership that dissolved acrimoniously in 2019 is still costing Southend residents hundreds of thousands of pounds"
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