Any housing benefit fraud should be sent to the Department for Work and Pensions, please refer to Report a housing benefit fraud section below.
The council deal with various types of fraud such as:
If you suspect fraud is being committed against the council, report it to us. You do not have to give your name when reporting fraud. If you wish to disclose your name, we will keep this confidential and it may help with our enquiries.
When reporting fraud, we ask that you supply as much detail as possible but do not seek to gather evidence on our behalf.
If you wish to report a fraud, you can do this in several ways:
Since May 2015 the responsibility for all housing benefit fraud has been transferred to the Department of Works and Pensions. Any allegations that involve housing benefits, please report this via the following options:
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