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The Department for Work and Pensions is set to launch a crackdown which will be targeted at THREE key loss-making areas. The warning came from DWP ministers and Labour Party Cabinet Members in the Commons this week.

Callum Anderson, a Labour MP for Buckingham and Bletchley, asked: the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions "what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of public information campaigns on levels of benefit-related fraud."

Andrew Western, Labour for Stretford and Urmston, answered: "DWP will be launching a new campaign at the end of January 2026. This campaign will focus on the three greatest key loss areas for the Department – living together, self-employed, and capital & savings.

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