£54m benefit fraud!

[baggieal]

Totally agree with you that handing responsibility to the feckless to spend their benefit money appropriately is, at best absurdly naive, at worst, grossly incompetent!

I like your idea of using biometrics security processes Mick and am sure that they would help to greatly cut down on such fraud but although their use has increased greatly over recent years (my brother in law has worked in the sector for some time now so I know something of it) I fear that the costs of implementing it on such a scale would still be too great.

Aside from those who would rail against the use of biometrics as an indication of us sliding further into a Big Brother society and an encroachment upon their human rights, I also believe that there will be both the more vulnerable who will not cope with such technology and the more tech. savvy who will find away around it. Advances in AI particularly will ensure that the on going battle for technical supremacy between legitimate services and criminals seeking weaknesses in any security systems will continue.

That all said, the sheer amount of money lost to this one gang alone is staggering and something clearly - and urgently-needs to be done.

Nothing will ever be done just like the thousands entering on dinghies each day. Even a *** offender is allowed to stay here as sending him back to Afghanistan could result him being violated by mob rule!

With prices going through the roof more and more will cheat - shop lift - drive without car insurance and get into huge debt.

[greyhound]

Don't worry guys,now that my state pension has increased,I will be paying an additional £12 per month in income tax to subsidise these scumbags...so glad that I grafted for 50 years without claiming a penny