Everyone on benefits including Universal Credit and PIP could be hit by new fines thanks to a law change put forward by the government.

Plans unveiled in the government’s new Fraud Bill today, Monday May 13, propose several changes to the way benefits work aimed at cracking down on cheats gaming the system out of billions of pounds.

The plans, in an effort to knock £1.6Billion of fraud off the predicted £85Billion welfare bill by 2030, include new powers for the DWP and HMRC. One such…