The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to announce a new £600 million plan to prevent benefit fraud over the next three years. The plan aims to save the taxpayer £2 billion.
The "Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System" scheme outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review over two million Universal Credit claims over the next five years. The Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced that it is part of a plan to ensure money is well spent and to give taxpayers confidence that the money is going to who needs it.
The Daily Record reports that the announcement sets out how DWP officers will now be given powers to make arrests, execute warrants and conduct searches and seize evidence. This will increase the officers ability to tackle the most serious cases.
