Public Sector

  • 26 Oct 2023 12:17 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) could be checking up on claimants bank and social media accounts as it attempts to crack down on benefit fraud.

    Figures suggest billions of pounds could be wrongly claimed by 2027/

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/dwp-could-be-checking-your-bank-and-social-media-accounts/ar-AA1iCbV5


  • 19 Oct 2023 2:12 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    When he was jailed for two-and-a-half years in March Mohammed Ikram, a 36-year-old married man, claimed the scam was aimed at paying off debts he had run up operating a care home, but Deputy Circuit Judge Timothy Clayson said the majority of the offending was motivated by greed.

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-yorkshire-councillor-jailed-eat-034500501.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:47 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A new task force has been assembled by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help those who are missing out on benefits because of Universal Credit claimants. A total of 600 new staff have been recruited to fight fraud and errors in the system.

    According to Civil Service World, the Swindon-based employees will be part of a team carrying out "targeted case reviews" of Universal Credit claims across the country. It is hoped by 2027 to 2028 that fraud across the benefits system will be drastically cut down, reports BirminghamLive.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/dwp-universal-credit-fraud-crackdown-as-5bn-is-stolen-in-false-claims/ar-AA1icU4d?ocid=socialshare

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:20 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Department for Work and Pensions is setting up a new base in Swindon that will house 600 staff tasked with cutting down on fraud and error in Universal Credit payments.

    https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/dwp-new-base-universal-credit-fraud-error-skforce

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:18 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    She said a Labour government would appoint a ‘Covid corruption commissioner’ to ‘chase down those who have ripped off the taxpayer’.

    Rachel Reeves echoed Margaret Thatcher as she vowed to go after those who profited from the “carnival of waste” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2023/10/09/rachel-reeves-echoes-thatcher-as-she-vows-to-recover-money-lost-to-fraud-during-pandemic/

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:11 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A former prominent headteacher who abused his position of trust by defrauding a Black Country school out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay up to the tune of almost £200,000.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2023/10/06/former-headteacher-of-dudley-school-ordered-to-pay-over-190000-back-for-fraud/

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:01 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A string of posts on social media have claimed that Rishi Sunak wrote off £14.9 billion lost to personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud.

    One user on X (formerly Twitter) posted on 11 September: “Rishi Sunak has decided that the £14.9bn of PPE fraud cannot be investigated and has written it all off.”

    https://fullfact.org/health/covid-ppe-fraud-rishi-sunak/


  • 05 Oct 2023 10:40 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A Thanet district councillor has been referred to Action Fraud for allegedly not declaring a settlement agreement with the council.

    Cllr Steve Albon (Lab), cabinet member for cleansing and coastal services at Thanet District Council (TDC), was referred to the fraud reporting service by the authority’s standards assessment sub-committee.

    https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2023/09/29/thanet-councillor-referred-to-action-fraud-simply-as-a-precaution/

  • 05 Oct 2023 10:36 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    An annual report by Veritau said 20 investigations were completed as a result relating to social care fraud, misuse of disabled blue badges, debt evasion, abuse of small business rate relief and alleged covid-19 business grant fraud. More than £25,000 worth of funds fraudulently obtained by members of the public were identified for potential recovery by the council.

    https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/more-40-suspected-fraud-incidents-073618553.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

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