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Lie detectors to catch out benefit cheats
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Fifteen councils across Britain are to be offered lie detectors to help catch out benefit cheats who cost taxpayers up to £400m a year.
Trials of the system, which analyses speech patterns, have made savings of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Seven councils have tested the technology, which is already used by the insurance industry to combat fraud.
Critics say genuine claimants may be put off applying for help for fear of being wrongly labelled a fraudster.
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