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Originally Posted by andrewb

Benefit fraud (and error) costs us £2.6 billion according to recent statistics. The government figures show 95% of benefit fraud is by fraudulent circumstances, not identity. This means we would make a maximum saving of £130 million. That would cover the £20 billion cost in around 150 years time.

Typical Tory. Lumping statistics together.

If it is costing us £2.6 billion for benefit fraud and benefit error would that be $1 fraud and £2.6 minus £1 for error?

But that is what politicians do when they want to spin a statistic into something different.

Until fraud and error are separated your statistic is meaningless.