Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing More than 23 million people are receiving payments from the Department for Work and Pensions.
From almost six million on Universal Credit to 2.9 million on Housing Benefit. But during the pandemic, fraud and error in the UK benefits system reached record levels.
This resulted in a reported £8.4 billion overpaid in the last financial year. READ MORE: Mum takes daughter, 7, out of school in bid to become the next Greta Thunberg Universal Credit director-general Neil Couling stated the DWP's fraud and error probe could see thousands of claimants approached over the coming months.
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