Benefit fraud crackdown saves £100m

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Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary

The Government has saved more than £100 million by cracking down on benefit fraud, the Work and Pensions Secretary has told the Commons.


Iain Duncan Smith also confirmed nearly 10,000 people were prosecuted for benefit fraud last year - more than 1,000 up on the previous year.

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