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In the last financial year around 2.2 per cent of total benefit spending was overpaid but the Department for Work and Pensions underestimated fraud and error by about £300million. Full Article at Metro.co.uk
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The Department for Work and Pensions said in the last financial year around 2.2 per cent of total benefit spending was overpaid. The DWP underestimated Fraud and Error by £300 million compared with the preliminary estimate in May earlier this year. Full Article at The Telegraph
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The Conservatives tonight described new figures showing that £3 billion in benefit expenditure last year was overpaid because of fraud and error as "truly shocking". Full Article at 24Dash.com
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The Government has not only failed to get to grips with welfare reform over the past 12 years, but has allowed benefit fraud to spiral out of control. At a time when so many people have been forced to rely on the state because of the recession it is simply not fair that others are being allowed to play ...
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He says he believed they knew and there was nothing more for him to declare. As far as he is concerned, he never acted dishonestly and still disputes he owes them anything at all.
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We take benefit fraud extremely seriously.
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We are satisfied that the offences are so serious that custody is appropriate because of the length of time and the amount of money involved, but we are not sending you to prison today.
SOURCE: This Is Plymouth
