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Crime doesn’t pay

Crime doesn’t pay for ‘well dodgy’ Dave Richards who has to pay Havering Council back benefits he defrauded plus costs – totalling almost £70,000

The public purse will be reimbursed more than £41,000 defrauded by David James Richards ...

NFA - National Fraud Indicator 2013

The National Fraud Authority has published its annual indicator of fraud in the UK.

Fraud against the public sector is estimated to be £20.6 billion per annum.

The estimate of possible public sector fraud losses includes losses to local ...

Cross Hills woman in £21,000 benefit fraud

A Cross Hills woman who falsely claimed more than £21,000 in benefits over three years has been warned she faces a possible prison sentence.

Wirral mother-of-four jailed for benefit fraud

A mother-of-four who received £168,000 in benefits to which she was not entitled was jailed today by a judge who said she had "duped the system".

Ed Miliband is right: Housing Benefit should be localised

Yesterday the Labour Party leader Ed Miliband suggested that spending on Housing Benefit could be reduced by giving local councils an incentive to negotiate lower rents.