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Old 18-07-2012, 09:07   #63
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Re: Changes To Housing Benefits

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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
So instead of the computer automatically adding winter fuel payments to accounts according to the age of the person in the database, you intend to employ people to examine applications and input data.

There will be additional costs of detecting fraud of the people who lied on their application.
Its a novel way off throwing taxpayers money away, to people who don't need it, it appears you have to jump through hoops to get most benefits, except cold weather payments, and lets not forget the £25 add ons every time the temp hits freezing for 7 consecutive days
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Last edited by Neil; 19-07-2012 at 07:47. Reason: fix quote
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