This is appalling cruelty by the DWP - the department seems to be unable to audit ongoing payments and then creates a bureaucratic minefield because a working mother unknowingly went over the income threshold while working two jobs - one on a zero hours contract.

Punished for working.
Reposted from Dr Rachel Clarke
Pure, nonsensical cruelty from the DWP. For 6 years, without telling her, they let this mother unknowingly earn 83p-£1.92p per week too much as a dinner lady while juggling caring for her son with severe autism. Then they slammed her with a bill for £10k. Vile. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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