Routledge Studies in Modern British Hist The British Government and Social Security Fraud and Abuse: 1964 to 2004, (Hardcover)

<p>Studying the change in the government's perception of, and responses to, fraud and abuse of the social security system, this book analyses how fraud appeared as a big political issue and the attitude that preceded this, dating this change to the 1970s.</p><p>Based on research in government papers, the volume analyses and shows how and why early attempts to place a data-based, preventative dome over the system were rejected, by the Thatcher government, in favour of a heightened use of traditional methods of detecting fraudsters. The book then discusses how and why the data-based methods rejected in the 1970s were adopted in the 1990s and how their use has both broadened and deepened in this century.</p><p>The <i>British Government and Social Security Fraud and Abuse </i>will be beneficial to post-graduate students of Modern British History, Politics and Sociology.</p>

• Routledge Studies in Modern British Hist The British Government and Social Security Fraud and Abuse: 1964 to 2004, (Hardcover)
• Author: Kevin Manton
• ISBN: 9781041251514
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-11-04
• Page Count: 230