Benefit claimants are being urged to check if they are owed money after the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) made an error.
Claimants have been underpaid £2.6billion as recent figures from the DWP show that it underpaid 1.2% of benefits in the year to April 2022. However, it also overpaid benefits by £8.6billion in the period - the highest rate ever.
Underpayments and overpayments happen due to mistakes by DWP, councils, HMRC, fraud and claimants making errors, reported The Mirror. However, it means claimants could end up being owed money, or even owing money back themselves.
