Over 20 million people in the UK currently claim benefits or State Pension from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assist with daily living expenses.
At the start of 2022, the UK Government unveiled plans to plans to inject over £500 million into the DWP to assist with its crackdown on fraudulent Universal Credit claims.
As reported by the Daily Record, the DWP was able to prevent more than £1.9 billion of fraud from taking place during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
