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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joella Preston, who was in charge of fraud detection at the Housing Benefit department of her local authority, set up fake ...

But the new powers for the DWP will see bank accounts monitored in a bid to clamp down on benefit fraud. Banks will be ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it will be assessing sample cases from six benefits for ...