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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Phillip Inman

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Dwp errors leave more than 200 000 pensioners 1 3bn out of pocket | Mind Blowing Facts

Department for Work and Pensions sign
Computer errors at the Department for Work and Pensions meant 165,000 missed out on £1.2bn in 2021, the public accounts committee found. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

More than 200,000 pensioners were left out of pocket by a total of £1.3bn last year and many will never be repaid because of lax record keeping, according to parliament’s spending watchdog.

Computer errors at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) meant 165,000 also missed out on £1.2bn in the previous year, the public accounts committee (PAC) found.

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