The government is going after benefits cheats big-time. Measures announced by Chancellor George Osborne include detection of fraud patterns by sharing data with credit reference agencies and the recruitment of 200 new inspectors. A mobile task force is also to be created which will go into areas with high rates of fraud.
Of course, the problem with politicians talking about how “benefits cheats are mugging the public” is that memories of parliamentary expense claims made to maintain moats & duck houses are still fresh in the public’s minds.
As a result, we will be looking to see if the benefits team in Swansea will be equally resolute in confronting a local politician who claims to be sufficiently disabled to qualify for a Motability car and yet has recently been spotted delivering leaflets in the Newton by-election.
Update: Interesting note received from DWP (allegedly) requesting evidence. Are they really that stupid?
Update: Interesting note received from DWP (allegedly) requesting evidence. Are they really that stupid?
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"As a result, we will be looking to see if the benefits team in Swansea will be equally resolute in confronting a local politician who claims to be sufficiently disabled to qualify for a Motability car and yet has recently been spotted delivering leaflets in the Newton by-election."
And just when I was starting to think this was a well informed blog...
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