Comment UK August 2010


 * Benefit losses are dwarfed by £17bn of unclaimed benefits, pigsonthewing, August 10 topic


 * Benefit fraud and error, the figures - £5.2bn figure being bandied around is for fraud and error, with (DWP govt) error (£3.7bn) far outweighing fraud (£1.5bn), Will Horwitz, August 10 "...the latest figures I have (for 2006/7) show that 6,756 were successfully prosecuted, a further 12,000 were cautioned, 10,000 received an administrative penalty, 95,000 had their benefit changed but weren’t deemed to have done anything serious enough to warrant any kind of sanction, leaving an enormous 196,000 people who experienced a hugely stressful investigation and were found to have done nothing wrong." topic


 * Big Society: foretelling the end of confrontational governing? Kevin Harris, 8 August topic


 * Ramblers welcome Government commitment to all-England path, 2nd August “During these times of austerity, it is more important than ever that Government maintains its commitment to funding and creating an all-England coast path which will boost seaside businesses by £128 million per year. Coastal access involves volunteers and the wider community working together to create a grass-roots scheme that, our survey shows, 94% of people want. It should be at the heart of the government’s ‘Big Society’ vision.” Kate Ashbrook, coastal access campaigner and Ramblers Trustee topic, topic

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