Crawley council's benefit fraud team has uncovered and stopped 115 cases of fraud in the last year.

The team has also successfully prosecuted 14 claimants illegally getting benefit.

The team works to prevent, detect and investigate all fraud committed against the council.

Head of finance Gary Jarvis said the council was dedicated to detecting and prosecuting people who commit benefit fraud.

He said: "We will continue to use the full range of powers available to us."

Anyone wanting to contact the team can call the confidential fraud hotline on 0800 6340180.