Around £10.5bn worth of income-related benefits went unclaimed in 2007-9 in Britain, which could have eased many people’s debt management issues.
The figures, published annually by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), showed that between 15 – 23% of all entitlement money went unclaimed from the five key income-related benefits – Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, [...]