In 2026, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be empowered to directly withdraw funds from the bank accounts of benefits fraudsters, enhancing fraud prevention efforts. This initiative aims to recover overpayments and protect taxpayer money, potentially saving £1.5 billion by 2029/2030. Personal information will remain secure.
A doctor who admitted writing prescriptions for dead patients and collecting the medication for himself has been spared jail. John Henderson, 39, hatched a scheme writing out fake forms over a seven month period and received the drugs from those prescriptions in chemists in Blantyre, Hamilton, East Kilbride, Uddingston, Kilsyth, Glasgow and Cambuslang. He began […]