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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I don't think most of the population have a problem with proportionate benefits going to genuine claimants, Den. However, many do think that there is too much abuse of the system. Unfortunately, whenever the Government tries to clamp down on that abuse, genuine claimants are caught up in a lot of bureaucratic hurdles which I for one am very concerned about.
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These are the latest figures in given by the DWP of fraud and error in the benefit system.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...-2017-2018.pdf
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
. However, many do think that there is too much abuse of the system. .
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There will be a level of abuse within any system of that there is no doubt but the reality of how much is often replaced by the lazy uninformed uneducated media trash that some form their opinions from..
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
genuine claimants are caught up in a lot of bureaucratic hurdles which I for one am very concerned about.
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Absolutely as some patients long term medical conditions are never going to improve and only worsen as time goes on and they certainly should have to go through the constant bureaucratic hurdles which they are currently having to face as we have seen with the PIP fiasco.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
There are no easy answers unfortunately, other than increased policing of the system, which will be resented by some, and which will probably cost more money than it saves.
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It will cost more more money then it saves.