BBCNEWS BBC News December 13, 2021 10:46:00
Imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. more than half a billion pounds of new funding has been announced by the governmment to help crack down on benefit fraud. the cash injection will go towards hiring hundreds of officials to check properties, bank accounts and wages. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. an early—morning raid of a suspected benefit fraudster in birmingham earlier this month. police, can you come to the door? the person they are after is accused of being a member of a criminal gang that stole £a million in fraudulent claims for universal credit. benefit of...