Who signed off the arthritic potholer?

Edward Moss from Ormskirk claimed to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and received £18,738 in disability living allowance.

But he was able to study for a physical geography and geology degree at Edge Hill university and work as a haulage driver and warehouseman. His course required him to go on field trips where he managed to climb over challenging terrain and descend into caves.

He has been jailed for 13 weeks. The DWP say

In addition to the sentence passed by the court, we will now seek full reimbursement of all money fraudulently obtained to ensure fraudsters do not benefit financially from their criminal activities.

As we see in the next post, it can take nine months to obtain a confiscation order.

Not good enough.