The government now has the power to access suspected benefit fraudsters’ bank accounts and strip them of their driving licences under a new law. The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error, and Recovery) Act ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a huge crackdown on benefit fraud. And it could even contact a suspect's family members as part of its investigations. Alongside bank account checks, ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shed light on whether investigators might talk to a claimant's neighbours during a benefit fraud probe. The revelation emerged following a Freedom of ...