Benefits claimants owe 'immense' £1.85 billion

BENEFITS claimants owe an "immense" £1.85 billion in overpaid money, but the Department for Work and Pensions is recovering less than £300 million a year, according to a parliamentary report.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Mar 2010, 09:27 BST
Updated 17th Mar 2010, 10:12 BST

The cross-party House of Commons Public Accounts Committee said the DWP must "significantly improve" the way it pays benefits.

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