I'm being chased for £763 by the DWP after criminals claimed benefits in my name: SALLY SORTS IT ⊖
Since May, the Department for Work and Pensions has been forcing me to make monthly repayments of £50 towards a £763 debt I never incurred.
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20 days ago
Mother gets letters from DWP demanding £5,000 for FIVE years - even after she moved house... because she and another woman have the same name ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Sarah McKenzie, from Belle Vale, says she has been contacted by the DWP debt division demanding £5,444.19 for the last half-decade.
26 days ago
Doctor who invented fake landlord and tenancy agreement for £12k housing benefits scam is struck off ⊖
Dr Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh told the DWP that he was renting a London property but actually lived with his mother in Swanley, Kent while he fraudulently claimed £900 a month.
60 days ago
DON'T start deleting old state pension records again, Steve Webb urges DWP
Records are usually wiped four years after an individual and their spouse die, but DWP started keeping them after we found widespread underpayments.
75 days ago
‘Kafkaesque’: teacher in Birmingham fights to clear his name after identity fraud
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Michael Bene is repaying £763 ‘advance’ despite evidence he did not attend face-to-face verification interview
A special needs teacher has spent almost a year trying to clear his name after a fraudule…
78 days ago
Did YOU request a state pension top-up callback? Over-66s in Britain now dealt with, says DWP
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The Government has already dealt with all 56,300 requests from people over state pension age living in Great Britain, it told Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling.
3 months ago
Benefit fraudsters claiming £500million a year from abroad: Ministers urged to get a grip after Mail probe reveals abuse
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that £423 million in benefits was claimed by fraudsters living outside the UK in 2024/25.
I delayed taking my state pension so why have I received a tax demand for last year? STEVE WEBB replies
My request to end the deferral seems to have prompted the DWP system to write to the tax office, giving them wrong information about when I started taking my pension.
4 months ago
Future pensioners to be worse off, government warns
Future pensioners are set to be worse off than today's with four-in-10 not saving enough for retirement, says the DWP.
New Labour benefits row sees Keir Starmer told to axe two-child cap as number affected soars - after minister tell rebels lifting it would cost too much
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
New data from the DWP showed 1,665,540 children living in households in Great Britain affected by the restriction in April, up 37,150 (2 per cent) from April 2024.