Millions of Universal Credit claims are to be investigated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), it has emerged. Two million claimants will form part of the Targeted Case Review initiative, The Mirror reports.
The review will check claimants are legitimately entitled to payments and looks to see if they are on the right amounts. The review was announced last year by the DWP as part of the Government's plan to tackle fraud in the benefit system.
The update came after the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Jonathan Ashworth asked DWP what steps it was taking to reduce benefit underpayments due to official error recently.
