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Callum Cuddeford & Kate Lally

Thousands of benefits claimants could owe DWP money after error

Tens of thousands of people could owe the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) money after an error, it has been reported.

The Government now plans to start recovering cash from European Union citizens after the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA) warned there could be 140,000 people accidentally given handouts.

It has come about after Brexit, as EU citizens living in the UK could previously get state support, My London reports.

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