Serious fraud at Newham Council Housing Dept
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/housing-fra...
"A Newham Council staff member allegedly “manipulated” its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
"A Newham Council staff member allegedly “manipulated” its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
There's a lot of it about...
The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
Slow.Patrol said:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/housing-fra...
"A Newham Council staff member allegedly manipulated its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
I suspect that is very much the tiniest tip of an iceberg."A Newham Council staff member allegedly manipulated its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
Ridgemont said:
Slow.Patrol said:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/housing-fra...
"A Newham Council staff member allegedly manipulated its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
I suspect that is very much the tiniest tip of an iceberg."A Newham Council staff member allegedly manipulated its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed."
The individual has resigned.
Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
tangerine_sedge said:
There's massive amounts of fraud across lots of public services - something that digital id should help with (if it ever gets delivered), although probably not in cases like this when it's insider threat.
Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
What evidence have you got? Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
Incompetence and inefficiency, I'd agree with, but willful fraud I do doubt.
JoshSm said:
There's a lot of it about...
The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
There maybe another side to this. Several years ago I knew a housing officer who was quite good at "bending the rules" not for personal gain but to help those who where just outside the criteria to get housing. For example a women leaving an abusive relationship but her income meant she didn't qualify for social housing. Her income if I remember was £100 annually over. The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
Drumroll said:
JoshSm said:
There's a lot of it about...
The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
There maybe another side to this. Several years ago I knew a housing officer who was quite good at "bending the rules" not for personal gain but to help those who where just outside the criteria to get housing. For example a women leaving an abusive relationship but her income meant she didn't qualify for social housing. Her income if I remember was £100 annually over. The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
M1AGM said:
Drumroll said:
JoshSm said:
There's a lot of it about...
The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
There maybe another side to this. Several years ago I knew a housing officer who was quite good at "bending the rules" not for personal gain but to help those who where just outside the criteria to get housing. For example a women leaving an abusive relationship but her income meant she didn't qualify for social housing. Her income if I remember was £100 annually over. The question is - like other cases where officials have abused their position to give things to people they shouldn't have got - will any of those on the receiving side be prosecuted or have the thing they wrongly got taken back?
Not sure it happens a lot whether it's immigration or housing or something else involving corruption. Usually everyone seems to just want it to quietly go away.
Andeh1 said:
tangerine_sedge said:
There's massive amounts of fraud across lots of public services - something that digital id should help with (if it ever gets delivered), although probably not in cases like this when it's insider threat.
Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
What evidence have you got? Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
Incompetence and inefficiency, I'd agree with, but willful fraud I do doubt.
Andeh1 said:
tangerine_sedge said:
There's massive amounts of fraud across lots of public services - something that digital id should help with (if it ever gets delivered), although probably not in cases like this when it's insider threat.
Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
What evidence have you got? Unfortunately local government are cash-strapped, so resourcing people to provide checks and balances/reviews allows things like this to slip through the gaps.
Incompetence and inefficiency, I'd agree with, but willful fraud I do doubt.
https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/housing-la...
We are only talking about housing fraud here, but it's across all benefits, across the entire country. Literally £B's of fraud which could be identified relatively easy if government rolled out some basic digital identity and data science analysis and solutions.
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