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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Martin Lewis urges DWP to make major change for 8 million benefit claimants

Money expert Martin Lewis has urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to investigate and fix an issue affecting up to 8.3 million universal credit claimants.

Many of these individuals are “effectively excluded from switching bank accounts” due to the “bureaucratic process” of claiming universal credit, Mr Lewis said in a letter to work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden.

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