More than 20 million people across the UK are claiming State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help with the additional costs of day-to-day living.
At the beginning of the year, the UK Government announced plans to give a £510 million cash injection to the DWP to help it crack down on Universal Credit fraudsters lying about their benefit claims. Funds were released after figures showed the DWP prevented at least £1.9 billion of fraud during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the plans, the UK Government is now using the money to improve the Department's capability and capacity to detect and prevent benefit fraud and catch fraudsters across the country.
