Council fails to spot benefit fraud for eight years

The Council's failure really does know no bounds it seems, even when it comes to fraud. In a truly spectacular piece of spin, they're attemtping to portray the prosecution of a women who successfully defrauded the Council for eight years as a success for the Council's anti-fraud team.

According to the Council Leader Chris Roberts, the case "once again demonstrates how committed Greenwich Council is to taking action against people who defraud the system." So committed to taking action that in this case it went on from 1996 to 2004 before anyone noticed?