Sky TV bills used to catch benefits cheats

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Convictions against benefit cheats have risen 40% in the last two years - with almost 10,000 people convicted in the last tax year. Ministers have said that people will be made to pay back the money they have cheated from taxpayers. So why has there been such a marked increase?

A new report says that investigators have a set of powerful new tools - which have made a major difference.
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