Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform MP Sarah Pochin posted a video featuring Ethel McGill, who praised the party for helping her secure an adapted bungalow. The video was deleted hours later after it was revealed that Ms McGill was previously jailed for fraud and dubbed by The Mirror as the “UK's worst benefits cheat”.Ms McGill was sentenced to five years and 10 months in 2019 for hiding her father's death to fraudulently claim £740,000 in benefits and a war pension. Ms Pochin defended her actions, saying she takes constituents at face value and her office does not run background checks, adding that Reform UK opposes benefit fraud. The incident comes as Nigel Farage's party has pledged the largest benefits bill cut in UK history if they win the next general election. In fullReform MP defends helping UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’ who was jailed for fraudThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Reform MP deletes video with UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform MP Sarah Pochin posted a video featuring Ethel McGill, who praised the party for helping her secure an adapted bungalow. The video was deleted hours later after it was revealed that Ms McGill was previously jailed for fraud and dubbed by The Mirror as the “UK's worst benefits cheat”.Ms McGill was sentenced to five years and 10 months in 2019 for hiding her father's death to fraudulently claim £740,000 in benefits and a war pension. Ms Pochin defended her actions, saying she takes constituents at face value and her office does not run background checks, adding that Reform UK opposes benefit fraud. The incident comes as Nigel Farage's party has pledged the largest benefits bill cut in UK history if they win the next general election. In fullReform MP defends helping UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’ who was jailed for fraudThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
