Disability claimants owed £340m after DWP blunder, say MPs

‘Indifferent’ department tried to shift the blame and took six years to correct errorA cross-party group of MPs has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions’ “culture of indifference” after it took six years to correct a major error which left chronically-ill and disabled benefit claimants thousands of pounds out of pocket.An estimated 70,000 claimants were underpaid by between £5,000 and £20,000 between 2011 and 2016 because the DWP failed to ensure they received the correct amounts when moving them from incapacity benefit on to the employment and support allowance (ESA). Continue reading…
Via: Disability claimants owed £340m after DWP blunder, say MPs