Benefit fraud: Westminster attacks social housing fraud

After a crackdown last summer which saw a number of housing blocks targeted, including Carlton Gate in Maida Vale and Dudley Court in Upper Berkeley Street, Westminster Council launched a cross-party housing benefit …

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