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Caspian Construction paid $45M to $50M above and beyond work it conducted, police HQ inquiry hears
The main contractor on Winnipeg's police headquarters was paid $45 million to $50 million above and beyond the actual work it conducted on the redevelopment, says a fraud investigator hired by the provincial public inquiry into the project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-hq-claims-9.7120836?cmp=rss

AutisticMumTo3 She/Her or They/Them Dec 26, 2024

Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpa... #DWP #Overpayment #Work #CarersAllowance #UnpaidCarers #FamilyCarers #Carers

All we want for Christmas is f...

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster, co-founders of Care Full, write about the reality of being unpaid carers without enough financial support.

Big Issue

Vanessa Dec 26, 2024

Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-ca…

#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Carers

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster, co-founders of Care Full, write about the reality of being unpaid carers without enough financial support.

Big Issue

AutisticMumTo3 Dec 26, 2024

Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/

#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Carers

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster, co-founders of Care Full, write about the reality of being unpaid carers without enough financial support.

Big Issue

AutisticMumTo3 Aug 9, 2024

DWP accuses woman of owing £28k in benefit overpayments
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-mistakenly-accuse-disabled-woman-benefit-overpayment/

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#Overpayment
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DWP mistakenly accused disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments

After the Big Issue contacted the DWP, they admitted a mistake had been made and apologised for the "distress" caused

Big Issue

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AutisticMumTo3 May 31, 2024

‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/27/it-feels-like-contempt-dwp-asks-85-year-old-dementia-patient-to-repay-13k

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#Dementia
#BedBound
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#Pension
#Overpayment
#Parkinsons
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#Thornberry
#Labour
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‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k

Cypriot-born Sia Kasparis, who speaks limited English, was not told about disability premium overpayment for several years

The Guardian

AutisticMumTo3 May 14, 2024

BBC iPlayer - Newsnight - Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z9vh/newsnight-unpaid-carers-asked-to-repay-benefits

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Newsnight - Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits

Victoria Derbyshire talks to carers who've been sent demands to repay an allowance.

BBC iPlayer

AutisticMumTo3 Apr 24, 2024

Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/24/ministers-pledge-publish-long-buried-study-impact-fines-carers-uk

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Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers

DWP carried out research in response to criticism five years ago but has consistently refused to publish it

The Guardian

AutisticMumTo3 Apr 19, 2024

‘We’re already vulnerable’: the carers told to repay huge sums by the DWP | Carers | The Guardian

Some actually get taken to court for fraud over accidently not realizing they'd earned as little as 50p too much
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/19/were-already-vulnerable-the-carers-told-to-repay-huge-sums-by-the-dwp

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#Fraud

‘We’re already vulnerable’: the carers told to repay huge sums by the DWP

Some of the tens of thousands penalised for ‘honest mistakes’ tell how their lives have been affected

The Guardian