Quote Originally Posted by Elwood Blues View Post
Because if you are overpaid by 30p per week for seven years the so and so's don't just take the 30p per week off you. They take the entire benefit for any week you were overpaid. In this case the entire 7 years benefit.

Haven't read every post in this thread, but apparently the DWP computer system tells them that they have overpaid claimants as soon as it happens in many cases, but they don't tell people when the amount would be negligible allowing large overpayments to build up!
This is exactly right Elwood. They know what's happening early on. They want police powers on top of this and the system linked to the PO scandal added into the mix as well. What could possibly go wrong?