Councils to team up with DWP

In January we reported that local authority benefit fraud investigation teams will be merging with their DWP counterparts.  We have now heard that these changes will take effect as of 1 April 2015, meaning that there will be a more joined-up approach to investigations and prosecutions of suspected benefit fraud.  This makes it more important than ever for anyone who is contacted by these teams to seek advice from a specialist benefit fraud solicitor at the earliest possible stage in order to reduce the risk of prosecution.