Did you know that you are giving away nearly £80 a year to benefit cheats?

Nationally it's estimated that £2 billion is stolen by benefit cheats every year - that's £80 from every household in Britain. It's money that is being stolen from you, from your hospitals, your schools and your local services.

We award approximately £25 million in Housing and Councill Tax Benefit every year. The scale and nature of this service exposes it to the risk of fraud.

We are trying hard to stop benefit fraud but we need your help.

Don't let them get away with it. Together we can stop them.

If you think someone is receiving Housing and Council Tax Benefit they are not entitled to - or you know of any other fraud - please call us on 0800 026 2456

The key activities of our Benefit Fraud Section can be categorised into three main areas of work:

• investigation of the cases referred to us from various sources
• proactive exercises
• regulated initiatives