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Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed - MSE News

Former_MSE_Naomi · 2018-11-15 14:13:01

Government figures released today show that up to an estimated £10.1 billion of pension credit, housing benefit and income support were left unclaimed in a single year...Read the full story: 'Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.

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poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,943 Forumite

18 November 2018 at 10:45AM

venison wrote: »

I will give you and example a friend sorted out her UC recently (it went surprisingly easy) then she turned to claiming council tax reduction took 2 evenings to apply using the councils online forms, turns out as they count child maintenance that she would get £1.50 a week, she didn't bother claiming.

If they can afford not to claim £75 a year, then they can't be all that hard up in the first place, can they?

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