Innocent pensioners will be dragged into lengthy fraud investigations by new Government snooping powers, charities have ...

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

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

BANKS will be granted powers to snoop on pensioners’ accounts and share data with the government as part of a huge fraud ...

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

A bid has been made in Parliament for extra powers to the Public Sector Fraud Authority to investigate suspected fraud ...

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

A new Fraud Bill would also allow the DWP to have the power to obtain bank statements from people they believe have enough ...

Labour is letting benefit cheats get away with fraud and hardworking families are paying the price, the Conservatives have ...

Earlier this month the House of Lords had its first debate on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. The Bill aims to reduce government losses to ...

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

Has the Home Office, the Prime Minister or Parliament announced that starting September 1, 2025, UK banks will automatically flag to 'The Anti-Fraud Unit" any cash withdrawals in excess of 420 pounds, ...