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

A council worker in charge of housing benefit payments, including fraud detection, swindled her employer out of almost half a ...

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

BANKS will be granted powers to snoop on pensioners’ accounts and share data with the government as part of a huge fraud ...

By Nicholas Dawson, Finance Reporter based in London, covering personal finance with a focus on the state pension and ...

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

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

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

Earlier this month the House of Lords had its first debate on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. The Bill aims to reduce government losses to ...

The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how ...

Has the Home Office, the Prime Minister or Parliament announced that starting September 1, 2025, UK banks will automatically flag to 'The Anti-Fraud Unit" any cash withdrawals in excess of 420 pounds, ...

The UK Government has narrowly lost a vote in the House of Lords, with peers voting for more stringent measures to tackle ...