DWP Overstates Disability Benefits Rise

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DWP refuses to apologise after using ‘deeply irresponsible’ figure to exaggerate benefit claimant rise

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to apologise for massively exaggerating the rise in people claiming out-of-work disability benefits.

DWP claimed in a press release last Thursday that there had been a “staggering 319 per cent increase” in the number of working-age people on the health and disability element of universal credit or receiving employment and support allowance.

The error was spotted almost immediately by disabled welfare rights campaigner.

The figure was quietly removed from the press release this week after DNS questioned its accuracy.

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