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POLITICSMay 20 · 13:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDPatrick Butler Social policy editor

DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) pursued a woman's employer for a nonexistent 'benefit debt' despite a court ruling that she had nothing to pay. The woman provides full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother. The DWP demanded her employer deduct the universal credit overpayment 'debt' from her salary.

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