Benefit fraud and error payments were an issue even before the COVID-19 crisis swept the country, with around £1 in every £10 of Universal Credit paid incorrectly. Photo: John Sibley/Reuters MPs have called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to tackle benefit fraud and error fairly, as numbers of claimants and incorrect payments hit a fever pitch over the last few months.
Warnings came from a Public Accounts Committee report released on Wednesday, advising the government against destabilising debt collection practices and potential discrimination, and bias in using artificial intelligence to tackle levels of benefit error and fraud.
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