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What happens if you’re suspected of benefit fraud - benefits that can and cannot be stopped if you commit fraud
Plans to recover stolen cash and impose driving bans on those who repeatedly fail to pay back taxpayer money moved a step closer today, as Ministers vowed “to address the unacceptable levels of fraud and error we’ve inherited”
This collection brings together information regarding the formation of a single fraud investigation service.
This report assesses the quality of the fraud and error in the benefit system statistics.
More than £1 billion in incorrect Universal Credit (UC) payments have been blocked by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in a drive to stop people falling into financial difficulties.
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