Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, is urging people across the country to report fraud committed against the public purse as new research reveals one in 10 people know someone dishonestly claiming a discount on their Council Tax Bill.
Current rules mean any household with only one adult living at the address can claim a 25% discount on their Council Tax Bill.
In a recent poll of 2,000 UK adults, one in 10 people admitted to knowing someone who had falsely claimed this discount over the last 12 months, with this figure rising to almost one in six in London, but only one in 24 in Scotland (4%).
