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Article: Rotherham leads the way to cut country's Benefits bill.
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- October 20, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 October 2005-Rotherham Borough Council: Rotherham leads the way to cut country's Benefits bill(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Rotherham Borough Council is blazing a trail nationally to streamline the Benefits system and cut mistakes and fraud, which a new report says is costing the country GBP3bn a year.
The local authority is piloting a new system which uses technology to simplify the process for claimants and free up staff to root out false claims.
The initiative is backed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Rotherham was chosen to take the lead on it because of RBT (Connect) Ltd, the ...