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Who cares about benefit take-up?

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

Not the government it would appear.  Non take-up of means-tested benefits is a perennial problem in the social security system.  Annual statistics, published by the Department for Work and Pensions, track trends in the estimated amounts unclaimed of the six main means-tested benefits and the numbers not claiming.  The latest figures show an estimated £7.52bn…