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

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

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

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

Tens of thousands of families are set to lose Child Benefit under a major government crackdown on people who have moved ...

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

A gambling-addict who swindled her local authority employers out of huge sums of cash while in charge of housing benefit ...

People on Department for Work and Pensions could face "unprecedented surveillance" in the form of a new anti-fraud bill and ...

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

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it will be assessing sample cases from six benefits for ...

Guernsey could increase sentences for benefit-related fraud to seven years, aligning with Jersey and the UK, if proposals are ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to be given new powers to crack down on fraud and error, with the ...