Around The World Today Series 2 Episode 10 - Benefit fraud
This week terry Talks about Benefit fraud The overpayments in these benefit fraud cases heard at court in the last year add up to hundreds of thousands of pounds. In one case, Recorder Patrick Harrington QC said: "Benefit fraud is rife and costs honest hardworking people a lot of money."
According to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, £183.5bn was spent on all benefits payments in Britain in 2018-19. Around £2.3bn of that was overpaid due to fraud, which is roughly 1.2% of the amount spent. Here are some of the most shocking recent cases:
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