Record level of benefits 'stolen'

[Sweetpea]

Record levels of benefits and other public money are being "stolen" or overpaid, but authorities are not doing enough about it, says a report.
Some £140m of fraud or overpayments have been detected in England by a biennial Audit Commission study.
The figure - including £24m in housing benefit overpayment and fraud - had risen 26% since its 2004/05 findings. It said some cases had been "blatant and shocking", but councils insist they are cracking down on illegality.

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I have reported benefit fraud in the past, and been ignored. Nothing happened!

We live in a culture of fraud. Like shite floats it starts at the top and percolates its way through society. I've noticed this change over the last decade or so. We're so used of being lied to, having officials caught with hands in the cookie jar, and not even resigning let alone prosecuted, it has blurred the lines between criminality and 'oversight' or 'honest mistake'. That's why we now live in 'rip-off Britain'.