Credits
- Presenter
- Matt Allwright
Saints and Scroungers, Series 4 Episode 3 of 20
Duration: 44 minutes
When a new father was dumped by his wife and left holding their newborn baby, his local council Thurrock was there to give him a helping hand with benefits. But all was not as it seemed, as fraud investigators soon discovered.
And we meet Christian, a young person who, after leaving school into a recession, struggled to find paid work and who, after his original apprenticeship fell through, faced the prospect of signing-on.
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