Estimated 70000 Britons did not receive full entitlement after errors worth £340m by DWP staffTens of thousands of severely disabled and ill claimants are set to get backdated payments of up to £20000 after being wrongly underpaid for years by social security officials,the government spending watchdog has revealed.
An estimated 70000 claimants were underpaid about £340m between 2011 and 2014 after being transferred from older benefits on to employment and support allowance (ESA) during a government overhaul of incapacity benefits, the National Audit Office (NAO) said.
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Source: guardian.co.uk