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16% of LA RTB sales are tenants on benefits
Around 16% of council homes sold by 10 councils under the boosted Right to Buy have been to tenants on housing benefit, raising fears…
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New rules for landlords on illegal immigrants
The Home Office has released the final Code of Practice, providing guidance to landlord affected by the introduction of the ‘right to rent immigration…
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New Approaches to Tenancy Fraud
This ‘new approaches’ briefing will explore how housing providers across England have approached the fraudulent use of social housing, including preventing and detecting a…
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Monies to tackle housing fraud
The housing minister, Kris Hopkins MP, has announced a £9.5 million fund for councils to tackle social housing fraud. According to Housing News: Stockport…
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Fraud, error and risk in the benefits system
Although the Government, ‘has a good understanding of the fraud and error risks in the benefits system and has allocated considerable resources to fraud…
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Universal credit – Fraud warning from MPs
Plans to deliver multi-billion pound savings to the spiralling welfare budget through the Universal Credit programme could be put at risk because central government…
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LAs get access to data to tackle tenancy fraud
Councils have been given the power to access personal information about people suspected of tenancy fraud. According to LG News: The new measures will…
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Homeless case worker gets hefty jail sentance for fraud
A homelessness case worker who worked for Southwark council was sentenced to four years in jail yesterday at the Crown Court in Woolwich. Reported…
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Fraud of £178m uncovered by Councils
Local government bodies uncovered 107,000 fraud cases last year with a total value of £178m, a report has revealed Over three quarters of all…
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How to successfully tackle housing fraud
The Audit Commission and National Fraud Authority consider social housing fraud to be the single largest fraud risk to local government. At a time when demand for social…
