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Housing benefit and Council Tax reduction fraud

We have a duty to ensure that we make benefit payments only to those who are actually entitled to them. We have a duty to ensure that we pay the correct amount.

Report benefit fraud

Help us to help you. If you suspect that someone on benefits:

  • is working
  • has not told us about other people living in the house
  • receives other income
  • has not declared capital or savings.

Select your local area for more information:

Barrow

Eden

South Lakeland

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Why you're going to a different website

As a new council we are in the process of adding information to this website. To give you the information you need some pages will link back to the old council websites.

About the council changes