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Universal Credit claimants 'unable to verify identity told to pay benefit money back to DWP'
15.11.2021 - 13:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Some Universal Credit claimants have been told they must pay money they were entitled to back to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because they have been unable to comply with requests to verify their details, according to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
The charity said the issue relates to people who claimed early on in the coronavirus pandemic when face-to-face identity checks were temporarily suspended.
CPAG said it appears there has been an assumption that people's
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