Authorities clamp down on social security cheats in the North

Benefit order books worth nearly £7million have been seized over the last two years in the North in a bid to halt social security cheats.

Benefit order books worth nearly £7m (€10.9) have been seized over the last two years in the North in a bid to halt social security cheats.

More than 12,700 documents have been confiscated and it is believed many of the books were being cashed in fraudulently.