New DWP overpayments concerns ‘show something with universal credit has gone catastrophically wrong’

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**A new Department for Work and Pensions overpayments scandal could be brewing, after a series of reports that disabled people receiving certain benefits are being overpaid universal credit.** Disabled researcher and campaigner Caroline Richardson has been made aware of multiple cases of overpayments, all believed to be connected to claimants who receive both contribution-based employment and supp…