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Saints and Scroungers

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Series looking at benefits thieves and the people who actually deserve government help.

Series following fraud officers as they bust the benefits thieves stealing millions of pounds every year, while charities and councils track down people who actually deserve government help.

Saints and Scroungers: Series 5 - 30 Minute Versions

Matt Allwright

Adam Orr-Ewing

Matthew Gordon

Saints and Scroungers: Series 5 - 30 Minute Versions: Episode 8

Episode 8

Series 5 - 30 Minute Versions

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The case of a young mother who failed to inform the authorities of her inheritance.

Series looking at benefit fraud. Matt meets the Croydon team who are hot on the heels of a young mother who had failed to inform the authorities that she had inherited a house.

Matt meets the Croydon fraud investigation team who are hot on the heels of a young mother who had failed to inform the authorities that she had inherited a house - a fact that would have serious implications to the hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of benefits she'd been claiming. 

Imagine losing your sight completely and the impact it would have on your life. Steve from Dorset found himself in exactly that situation in 2006, losing his self-confidence and intimidated by the rough area he lived in. But would he get the support he needed to move out and move on with his life?

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Series looking at benefit thieves and those who deserve government help. Revised repeats.

Matt Allwright looks at the work of fraud investigators who bring benefit thieves to justice, and meets the genuine claimants who deserve government help. This series contains revised repeats.

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