Universal Credit was hailed as the solution to Britain’s crumbling welfare state when it launched in 2013 – but in the past two years, it has cost taxpayers £11bn in fraud and the department behind it is struggling to keep up.
Grieving families are at risk of missing out on thousands of pounds in bereavement benefit payments as the Government’s deadline for backdated payouts approaches on February 9.
Millions of women born in the 1950s fighting to win back “lost” state pension payments are on the brink of defeat, after years of campaigning and hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on legal fees.
Benefits claimants will have their bank accounts checked every month to make sure they are not lying about their savings under plans for a new post-Covid fraud crackdown.