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5 Live Investigates: Council Crisis Grants & Dog Theft

22/12/2013

Council Crisis Grants & Dog Theft

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Investigates, Council Crisis Grants & Dog Theft

Councils accused of sitting on grants that could be distributed to the needy.

Councils are accused of being slow to distribute emergency grants to families in financial crisis. Plus, the rise in dog thefts and vishing fraud.

Councils in England accused of sitting on grants that could be used to ease the plight of families in dire financial need. Also - the rise in dog thefts. MPs say more needs to be done to tackle the problem. And vishing fraud - should banks be clamping down on so-called 'mule accounts' used by criminals to launder the proceeds of fraud?

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