Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A benefits cheat mum-of-four claimed almost £7,000 she was no longer entitled to after her ex-boyfriend had moved back into their home.
Loretta Long's 'roller coaster' relationship with the father of her children resumed following a breakup affecting her housing benefit and income support claims.
The 28-year-old, who works at Primark, kept up the ploy for a year before she 'couldn't bear it any longer'. Long, of Cheverton Road, Northfield, Birmingham, admitted two charges of failing to notify the authorities of a change in circumstances affecting her entitlement, Birmingham Live reports.
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