A DERBYSHIRE woman has been jailed for five months for continuing to claim benefits after she had inherited more than £28,000.Maria Higgins, 48, of Meadow Street, Ilkeston, failed to notify her change in circumstances while claiming benefits from the Department of Works and Pensions and Erewash Borough Council between March 2008 and January 2011.The council launched an investigation after an allegation was made that Higgins had received the inheritance.Higgins – also known as...
