The committee has also proposed the maximum penalty for all benefit-related fraud offences to be increased to seven years' ...

A Guernsey advocate says a better understanding of law could help reduce the number of people committing accidental benefit ...

A council worker in charge of housing benefit payments, including fraud detection, swindled her employer out of almost half a ...

Peers supported by 200 votes to 194, majority six, a Conservative amendment to the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.

BANKS will be granted powers to snoop on pensioners’ accounts and share data with the government as part of a huge fraud ...

Joella Preston, who was in charge of fraud detection at the Housing Benefit department of her local authority, set up fake ...

External relations manager Rebecca Lamb said: "Bank account checks might help catch a small amount of fraud, but they won’t ...

Earlier this month the House of Lords had its first debate on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. The Bill aims to reduce government losses to ...

The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how ...

As of February 2025, up to 24m individuals were claiming a combination of DWP benefits, including 13.2m of State Pension Age (including those receiving their State Pension), 10m of working age and 800 ...

A former Department for Work and Pensions worker has issued a warning over new "surveillance" for benefits claimants. The ...

Has the Home Office, the Prime Minister or Parliament announced that starting September 1, 2025, UK banks will automatically flag to 'The Anti-Fraud Unit" any cash withdrawals in excess of 420 pounds, ...