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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

Matt Allwright

Adam Orr-Ewing

Matthew Gordon

Saints and Scroungers: Series 5: Episode 6: Ali/St Helens Carers/Fitzpatrick

Episode 6

Episode 6: Ali/St Helens Carers/Fitzpatrick

Series 5

Ali/St Helens Carers/Fitzpatrick

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Investigators at the HMRC suspect a jeweller of a £7 million VAT fraud.

Series looking at benefit fraud. Investigators at the HMRC suspect a jeweller of a £7 million VAT fraud, but will undercover surveillance give them the evidence they need?

Not paying into the public purse by not paying your taxes is a problem fraud investigators at the HMRC are trying to stamp out. They suspect a jeweller of a £7 million VAT fraud, but will undercover surveillance give them the evidence they need? 

Matt meets Audrey and Roy, who have been caring for their severely disabled daughter Jane for over five decades. Despite having coped well over the years, the couple have found it harder caring for Jane as they themselves have grown older. Would a local charity be able to give them the help and support they need?

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

Matt Allwright looks at the work of fraud investigators who bring benefit thieves to justice, and meets the genuine claimants who deserve government help

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