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What utter poppycock this is. Another headline grabbing initiative. There are individuals in Hyndburn who have taken more in benefits to which they are not entitled than the chap in the article below (from the national press ),and yet have not even been prosecuted, far less faced prison,despite the information to prove the case having been readily available for several years. What an absolute shambles.


''Caught digging the garden: the 'wheelchair bound' fraudster who claimed £77k in benefits
A benefits cheat who claimed more than £77,000 in disability payments was filmed running his own business as a gardener and handyman.
Leonard Staniland said osteoarthritis had left him confined to a wheelchair and needing round-the-clock care. But he was filmed by investigators bending over flower beds, climbing ladders and carrying patio slabs.
The 62-year-old falsely claimed incapacity benefit, income support, pension credit, council tax benefit and disability living allowance over a seven-year period.''