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DWP paid out £170m to dead pensioners - families don't have to hand it back
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 17 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC. The headline in use is “DWP paid out £170m to dead pensioners - families don't have to hand it back”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has written off £16. 5m of the 2025-26 debt and is attempting to recover £67m, after paying out £170m in state pension and pension credits to deceased pensioners — part of a record £673m paid over the past five years.
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- First reported by Birmingham Mail
DWP paid out £170m to dead pensioners - families don't have to hand it back
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