The Inland Revenue (IR) - which is not known for its ability to deliver IT projects on time or within budget - will also benefit, having been awarded an unspecified sum to implement electronic filing systems for PAYE returns.
"Inadequate" IT systems have been blamed by MPs for hindering the Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) battle to tackle an estimated £2bn a year in benefit fraud. A new report, 'Tackling Benefit Fraud', by Commons watchdog the Public Accounts...
The problematic rollout of a £2m computer system at Castle Morpeth borough council is being blamed for the authority failing to meet national benefit payment processing targets. This has impacted on the council's ability to process housing benefit...
A high-profile government website allowing people to inform on suspected benefit fraudsters has led to just 24 prosecutions in three years. The Targeting Benefit Fraud website was launched in May 2000 as part of wider government plans to crack down...
tends to be the resounding response whenever the question of whether we'll benefit from having compulsory ID cards in the UK is asked. 'No! But is this because the people who feel strongly enough about this issue to comment all tend to be from the...
Benefit cheats are being targeted by a new government campaign warning of a "Robocop"-style crackdown using fraud-busting technology and computer systems. Anti-fraud minister James Plaskitt said in a statement: "Robocop was Hollywood fiction but...
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