DWP no longer forced to pay out unneeded sickness benefits as loophole closed

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DWP no longer forced to pay out unneeded sickness benefits as loophole closed

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a change to its benefits rules after detecting droves of cases where claimants continued to receive sickness benefits long after they were fit to return to work. Under the new measures, people who inform the department that they no longer need certain benefits will have their payments stopped sooner, addressing a problem where some claimants were waiting months…