DWP could monitor your bank account and social media activity this summer - here's why
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dailyrecord.co.ukDepartment for Work and Pensions (DWP) and that figure is expected to rise as the full financial and economic impact of Covid-19 is revealed once restrictions are fully lifted.
The DWP recently announced that fraud and error in the benefits system in the UK has reached record levels, with £8.4 billion overpaid in the last financial year.
The DWP estimates that 3.9 per cent of benefits spending was overpaid during 2020/21 - the highest rate to date with some £6.3 billion of the overpayments believed to be due to fraud, primarily arising from Universal Credit claims.
Commenting on the figures, a DWP spokesperson recently said: "We also have robust plans in place to recover fraudulent claims and drive fraud and error down to the lowest.
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