A professional fraudster who used bogus documents to claim over £23,000 in housing and council tax benefits from Lewisham Council has been jailed for 38 months, following a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.

Lewisham is piloting a national scheme which aims to safeguard children and young people who are found out on the streets late at night without appropriate supervision.

Decisions included the Council receiving two petitions, agreeing proposed housing rent increases, affirming its commitment to meeting growing demand for school places and considering project funding of over £1 million to counter the effects of the recession.