DWP Pursued Employer for Nonexistent 'Benefit Debt' Despite Court Ruling

DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’

Exclusive: Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to pay A woman providing full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother says her job has been put in jeopardy because welfare officials wrongly pursued her employer for a nonexistent “benefit debt” quashed by the courts nearly four years ago. The 44-year-old woman said she was staggered when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrote to her employ...

By Patrick Butler Social policy editor