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Benefits system 'failing the vulnerable'

The Commons public accounts committee today warns that the outsourcing of disability benefit administration has failed some of the most vulnerable.

More than 25,000 disabled people face unnecessary medical examinations each year, while around £40 million a year is still being overpaid, found the MPs.

Published: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT+01

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