Housing benefit - residents urged to report changes promptly
A new Government-led initiative is seeking to ensure that the right amount of housing benefit is being paid to each claimant.
A new Government-led initiative is seeking to ensure that the right amount of housing benefit is being paid to each claimant.
A Radcliffe man has been convicted of a benefits offence after not telling his partner he had capital of £150,000.
A Ramsbottom resident narrowly avoided jail after being convicted of fraudulently obtaining £14,744 in housing and council tax benefits.
A Radcliffe woman was caught falsely claiming Housing and Council Tax Benefit after giving false details to Bury Council about her employment.
Fraud investigators from Bury Council used a social networking site to catch a pair of benefit cheats.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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