Welfare reform minister Lord Freud has announced four councils to pilot a single integrated fraud investigation service with powers to probe and and sanction all benefit and tax credit offences.
According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), benefit and tax credit fraud and error is estimated to cost £5.3bn per year.
Currently, investigations into suspected wrongdoings are currently carried out by the DWP’s Fraud Investigation Service and by local authorities separately. Tax ...
