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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Disabled Britons suffering 'unacceptable treatment' at hands of DWP

Disability benefit claimants face worse treatment than others, report finds - (Getty Images)

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is letting down disability benefit claimants and putting them at risk of greater hardship, a damning new report has found.

Customer service across the whole department is also criticised alongside the rising issue of underpayments in the wide-ranging document from the Commons cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

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