Welfare cheats will be forced to sell their homes and pay
higher fines to reimburse taxpayers for the money they have wrongly claimed,
under plans to tackle benefit fraud. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners who
fail to declare their full earnings from private pension schemes will also be
targeted as fraud investigators trawl through HM Revenue & Customs records.
The plans form part of a major campaign from ministers this week to publicise
reforms to the welfare system, which the Conservatives regard as among their
most popular, vote-winning policies. Ministers will highlight the scale of
savings to taxpayers, announce a tougher stance on fraud and detail further
action to limit welfare for migrants. Polls suggest that even Labour supporters
now regard state benefits as too generous. Read more on the Daily Telegraph
website.
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