Friday 10 May 2013 @ 12:25
Public and Commercial Services Union
Public and Commercial Services Union
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Fraud in benefits system dwarfed by tax fraud
"At just over £1 billion a year fraud in the benefits system is dwarfed by tax fraud, which is 70 times as much and whose perpetrators are not subject to the same level of vitriol from politicians and sections of the press.
"While more resources in the Department for Work and Pensions would bring the benefit fraud and error rate down even more, the government must also aggressively chase down the tax dodgers who deprive our economy of tens of billions of pounds a year."
