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Melia/Hunter

Series looking at benefit fraud. Unemployed mum Kerry receives a visit from the HMRC fraud investigators after receiving more than 30,000 pounds a year in child tax credit.

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

Life is tough for 30-year-old Kerry; her husband is unemployed, and she has a growing family to look after. Kerry relies on child tax credit. But her family has been growing rapidly, and her tax credit income has swollen to more than 30,000 per year; the HMRC fraud investigators pay her a visit.

Also, Dom meets 71-year-old Ken, who has lost a leg and recently been widowed. The last thing he wants to do is move to a care home, but adapting his own home to suit his needs now will be costly.

44 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Jul 2013 08:15

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Role Contributor
Executive Producer Matthew Gordon
Presenter Dominic Littlewood
Series Producer Alison Kreps

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