Government action on benefit cheats welcomed
Aug 24 2010
Technical Director and Founder of Data Discoveries, David Aitken, says that the company are fully supportive of David Cameron's announcement to be more stringent with state benefit claims.
"Benefit fraud is a massive problem for local authorities throughout the UK. With an estimated 300,000 people falsely claiming Single Person Discount alone, it's time the Government tackle this issue head on" states David, well aware of the money that can be saved by being proactive in hunting down benefit cheats.
Data Discoveries have first hand experience of the issue after saving a medium-sized council in England £500k on the first check of the claimants.
Contact Ken Naismith on 0131 555 1100 or info(at)datadiscoveries(dot)com for more information or to request our white paper 'Key Weapon Against Benefit Fraud & Error'.
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