dwp and debt recovery

The dreadful DWP is now in charge of tax credit debt collection. It deducts random amounts for debts from people’s Universal Credit accounts without telling them. People say they don’t even owe these so-called debts

These deductions leave people in even more debt and with nothing to live on.

e.g:

deducted from their benefits for other debts such as rent arrears, council tax, court fines and more recently, advance Universal Credit loans which they are forced to take out to cover delays in initial payments.

http://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/how-the-dwp-makes-random-deductions-from-universalcredit-accounts-to-recover-tax-credit-debts-people-cant-afford-to-pay/