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Taxpayers are forking out £25m each week on benefits cheats who hide their savings

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Daily Mail
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Taxpayers are forking out £25m each week on benefits cheats who hide their savings
Claimants with savings and investments that mean they are not entitled to welfare handouts claimed £1.3 billion in the last financial year, official figures show.
6 Jul, 01:08
GB News
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Taxpayers forking out eye-watering £25MILLION-a-week to pay for benefits cheats’ claims
Benefits fraudsters who conceal their savings and assets are draining more than £25million from the public every week, according to Department for Work and Pensions figures. The data reveals that claimants who failed to disclose cash, investments and other funds hidden in their accounts extracted a record £1.325billion from the welfare system during the last financial year. This represents a surge of more than a t
5 Jul, 12:50