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since late last month. formal identification has not yet taken place, but her family in the czech republic has been informed. more than £500 million 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 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 £4 million in fraudulent claims for universal credit. benefit officials say they are determined to recover as much money as they can, and there s a lot to reclaim. a record £81; billion was lost due to fraud and error last year. in response, the government is now going to spend £510 million tackling the problem. among other things, the money will be spent hiring almost 2000

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