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Minister: Time running out for benefit cheats

The Social Care Minister has said time is running out for people claiming benefits who don’t deserve them.

Chris Robertshaw was talking to the station as radical reforms to the current system start to be drafted for proposal.

A public consultation has been under way since early summer as the department looks to clamp down on benefit cheats.

The minister said means testing would play a major role in the new system, which will be unveiled in next month’s sitting of Tynwald.

Minister Robertshaw said it was time to get real (audio above):

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