Benefit fraud crackdown

Title

Benefit fraud crackdown

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:07:16

Description

Brian Ging reports on the latest clampdown on benefit fraud with the trial within the M25 area of a payment security card to cash girocheques, as figures released today by the Employment Service show investigators are being increasingly successful against benefit cheats. Includes comment on benefit fraud investigations and the new scheme from Graham Bambridge, Employment Service; colleague Linda Gordon; chef Mussa Mehio(?); Chris Pond of the Low Pay Unit. Followed by interview with Stephen Alambritis of the Federation of Small Businesses, who argues a statutory obligation should not be placed on employers to check out workers and the government should create an incentive to work. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Brian Ging; Chris Pond; Stephen Alambritis; Graham Bambridge; Linda Gordon; Mussa Mehio(?)

Keywords

Fraud; Social security; Unemployment; Employment; Statistics; Federation of Small Businesses; Employment Service

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