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Norman Fowler on benefit fraud (1988)

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Interview

Ben Brown interviews Employment Secretary Norman Fowler on benefit fraud. Fowler says his dole fraud investigators are saving the country £50million a year. Follows an investigation into benefit fraud in...

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DHSS Fraud (1985)

Amidst the uproar over the new DHSS rules, Mark Jordan has discovered a large group living a style of life not usually associated with life on the dole. They are the youngsters who have embarked on massive...

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Ann Widdecombe on benefit fraud (1993)

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Interview

Interview with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security Ann Widdecombe on the level of people falsely claiming unemployment benefits and how they can stop benefit fraud. Male interviewer...

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Donald Dewar on benefit fraud (1995)

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Interview

Labour have welcomed the Conservatives’ new measures to combat benefit fraud, although party spokesman Donald Dewar is at pains to refute Peter Lilley’s accusation that the opposition had voted against...

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Chris Pond on Tory benefit fraud measures (1995)

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Interview

Chris Pond of the Low Pay Unit gives his reaction to Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley’s plans to cut benefit fraud. Female interviewer not identified.

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Peter Lilley on benefit fraud (1995)

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Interview

A government investigation has revealed that ten percent of the people claiming social security and unemployment benefit are actually cheating the system. Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley today...

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David Ennals on benefit fraud (1978)

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Interview

Secretary of State for Social Services, David Ennals on incentives to clamp down on benefit fraud. Ennals discusses doctors’ handwriting and the expenses associated with treating injuries caused by the...

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Lord Astor on benefit fraud following a a record cash recovery (1994)

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Interview

Social Security Minister Viscount Astor on the government’s announcement it recovered a record £654 million last year as part of a continuing campaign against benefit fraud. Astor gives details of some...

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Patrick Jenkin on benefit cheats (1979)

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Interview

Peter Allen interviews Social Security Secretary Patrick Jenkin about the necessity of tax cuts for those in employment, and about a crackdown on benefit loopholes.

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Benefit fraud proposals (1982)

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Interview

Interview with a male Government minister (not identified - poss. Tony Newton) about proposals to reduce benefit fraud. The interview follows raids in Oxford where 286 people were arrested over alleged...

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