Tag: benefits

Imaginary family lands gambling addict in jail

By Michael MacLeod A MAN who made up an entire family and claimed to be fighting for custody of his kids to con a...

Lying mum pockets £22k in tax credits

By Lauren Crooks A MOTHER pretended her three children were severely disabled – so she could claim more than £20,000 in benefits. Sick Anne Marie Cockburn,...

Neighbours of Susan Boyle weigh in on the 2009 British budget

By Oliver Farrimond IN THE hometown of Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle yesterday, there was a mixed reaction to the Chancellors Budget as her...

St Monans is “community on the dole” 220

By Alexander Lawrie   A PICTURESQUE seaside town has been slandered on a popular website – as a community on the dole.   The people of St Monans,...

Charity fraudster pockets more than £1k 058

By Paul Thornton A HEARTLESS charity worker stole hundreds of pounds from the cancer shop she helped run. Hard-up Alexis Hughes, 40, pocketed over £1,000 of...

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