The government confirmed its plans for cracking down on benefit fraud in the budget this week, so here's what was said. On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a raft of measures which would help the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) combat welfare fraud. Reeves told the Commons on Wednesday: “I am also taking three steps to ensure that welfare spending is more sustainable. "First, we inherited the last government’s plans to reform the work capability assessment. We will deliver