One million people a year do not receive full housing benefit,rebutting argument that they are being overindulgedMillions of benefit claimants – who as a group fail to get £5bn a year that they are due from the state – are being shortchanged by the welfare system rather than overindulged, a thinktank says on Sunday.
Rather than cutting benefits, or ministers should seek to ensure that those on welfare receive their full entitlement,Demos says. Official figures reveal that one million people a year do not receive their full entitlement of housing benefit, equating to a failure by the state to pay out up to £3.1bn.
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Source: theguardian.com