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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Emma Munbodh

State pensioners underpaid by £1billion being 'cut off' by DWP call centre staff

Elderly men and women who have been underpaid on their state pensions are being turned away by government call centre staff – with some having phones hung up on them, a committee has warned.

That’s despite the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) itself admitting it has underpaid pensioners – namely women – by more than £1billion.

Now concerned men and women are being turned away by government call centres, according to MPs.

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