#benefit-fraud

#benefit-fraud

A man in Borgo Virgilio allegedly hid his mother's body and impersonated her to claim thousands in pension payments.

Chancellor lifts two-child universal credit limit costing 3bn while launching benefit-fraud crackdowns and targeting savings amid cross-party criticism over taxes and welfare spending.

Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden proposed a UK digital ID card to combat illegal immigration and benefit fraud and improve access to services.

UK will use travel data and a specialist team to stop child benefit payments to claimants abroad over eight weeks, saving 350m in five years.

Asylum seekers entering the UK illegally via small boats are attempting to claim benefits in both the UK and Ireland.