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The Department for Work and Pensions is drafting in more staff to ensure all possible cases of overpayments of Carer's Allowance are checked promptly.
Some carers have been forced to pay back thousands of pounds after being overpaid for years, despite the government having an internal system that flags potential cases as they arise.
The DWP currently only aims to check half of these alerts on its internal database, but now 20 extra staff will join a team of just over 70 to increase that to 100%.
The charity Carers UK welcomed the move as one that could prevent overpayments running into thousands of pounds.
