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#BenefitFraud

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Grassroots for Europe🇪🇺<p>Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years -<br>We ignore tax evasion but concentrate on (real and imagined) benefit fraud. 🤥 <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/30/prosecution-of-people-who-help-clients-evade-tax-in-uk-falls-by-75-in-five-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/30/prosecution-of-people-who-help-clients-evade-tax-in-uk-falls-by-75-in-five-years</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/taxevasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxevasion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/taxfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxfraud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/benefitfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefitfraud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Why is the government obsessed with benefit fraud?<br> <a href="https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/finance/why-is-the-government-obsessed-with-benefit-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eastangliabylines.co.uk/busine</span><span class="invisible">ss/finance/why-is-the-government-obsessed-with-benefit-fraud/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/TaxFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFraud</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>Always remember that when the government introduce tough new measures to combat benefit fraud (something mostly done by People Who Are Not Like Us) without introducing equivalent methods to combat tax fraud (which costs more, but mostly done by People Who Are Like Us), it's not about saving the government's money, it's about entrenching the privilege of People Who Are Like Us</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9px4q0y6o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9px</span><span class="invisible">4q0y6o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedTories</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TaxFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LizKendall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizKendall</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedResponse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResolutionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionFoundation</span></a></p>
Ollie<p>I've just been doing a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/YouGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouGov</span></a> survey about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>. Whilst the poll is still live, so this is not final, 41% of respondents so far are worried about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a>. You know, the thing even the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> basically thinks is not a thing.</p><p>Well done politicians and media at setting citizen against citizen!</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Will they do this for the Rich too?<br>Of course not. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/24/labours-benefit-crackdown-would-allow-officials-to-access-bank-accounts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/s</span><span class="invisible">ep/24/labours-benefit-crackdown-would-allow-officials-to-access-bank-accounts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a></p>
PaulaToThePeople<p>Okay, so I'm officially poor now.</p><p>This whole "the poor are taking away all of our money" that everybody always talks about, can someone tell me how to do that?</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WelfareFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareFraud</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ExploitingTheSocialSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExploitingTheSocialSystem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSystem</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Sunak tries to win back old bigots by threatening disabled people<br> <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/06/09/sunak-stride-dwp-reforms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/opinion/2024/06/0</span><span class="invisible">9/sunak-stride-dwp-reforms/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigots</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Propoganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propoganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WelfarePropoganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfarePropoganda</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Stride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stride</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ImaginaryBenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImaginaryBenefitFraud</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ForcedMentalHealthTreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedMentalHealthTreatment</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ForcedTreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedTreatment</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a></p>
Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA<p>'£260 billion *a day* is lost to <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/TaxAvoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxAvoidance</span></a> combined. That's over 260 times <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a>'</p><p>Why are left-wing politicians unable to drill these facts with all the evidence to support them until they're etched in voters' brains? </p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Plutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/UKLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKLabour</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/WhyWeCantAffordTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhyWeCantAffordTheRich</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2013/09/13/benefit-errors-cost-1-million-a-day-tax-avoidance-and-evasion-cost-260-million-a-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2013/0</span><span class="invisible">9/13/benefit-errors-cost-1-million-a-day-tax-avoidance-and-evasion-cost-260-million-a-day/</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>DWP benefit fraud shock as department finds some real cases of it<br> <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/05/30/dwp-benefit-fraud-claim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/opinion/2024/05/3</span><span class="invisible">0/dwp-benefit-fraud-claim/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GBNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBNews</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Canary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canary</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/TargetedCaseReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TargetedCaseReview</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Why are so many carers being taken to court for benefit fraud? | Carers | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/why-are-so-many-carers-taken-to-court-for-benefit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/07/why-are-so-many-carers-taken-to-court-for-benefit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Carers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carers</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UnpaidCarers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnpaidCarers</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitFraud</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Overpayment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overpayment</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Mistakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mistakes</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/VEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VEP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CarersAllowance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarersAllowance</span></a></p>
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