Carer convicted over benefit error worth 30p a week fights to clear his name

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Ridiculous making him wear a tag..but I have to ask the question...how does 30p / week equate to almost £20,000 over seven years....

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!