More than £14 million of housing benefit was overpaid by
cash-strapped councils in Nottinghamshire – with £7 million spent in the city
alone. Errors, claimants failing to inform councils of changes in circumstances
and fraudsters trying to cheat the system have all been blamed by the councils
involved. The figures, released by the DWP, reveal a total of £7.24 million too
much was paid out by the city council from April last year to March this year. It
fared worse than both Derby City Council, which overpaid by £5.4 million, and
Leicester City Council, which overpaid by £6.8 million. Read more on the
Nottingham Post website.
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