The Department for Work and Pensions estimates it overpaid £8.3 billion out of £111.4 billion of benefits other than the state pension in 2020-21.
I am concerned that the level of fraud and error in the benefits system continues to increase year on year, now reaching its highest level since records beganA surge in new claims at the start of the pandemic led to a doubling of the number of people claiming Universal Credit from three million to six million.
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