Fraud

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning
Fraud

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning

Brits lost hundreds of millions of pounds to APP scams in 2023. But some banks only reimburse a fraction of losses

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new statistics showing that fraud in the disability benefits system is a ‘non-issue’

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants

Campaigners fear the government is ‘sleepwalking into another Horizon scandal’ as it announces an expansion of its plans to crack down on error in the benefits system – including the use of machine learning, automated checks and a new civil penalty to ‘punish fraudsters’

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’
Benefits

DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’

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Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Philippe Moryoussef is on the run for a crime that might not exist. It’s a scandal that leads back to the centre of the 2008 financial crisis
Criminal justice

Philippe Moryoussef is on the run for a crime that might not exist. It’s a scandal that leads back to the centre of the 2008 financial crisis

Government accused of ‘complacent disregard’ for taxpayers’ money over £5bn Covid loan fraud
Fraud

Government accused of ‘complacent disregard’ for taxpayers’ money over £5bn Covid loan fraud

Minister quits over Covid fraud ‘failure’ – here’s how that money could be spent
Politics

Minister quits over Covid fraud ‘failure’ – here’s how that money could be spent

‘Imposter firms’ are posing as financial support. Here’s how to spot them.
Money

‘Imposter firms’ are posing as financial support. Here’s how to spot them.

Identity theft: How to stay safe and protect yourself
Money

Identity theft: How to stay safe and protect yourself

Consumers urged to watch out for ‘phantom goods’ scams
Money

Consumers urged to watch out for ‘phantom goods’ scams