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2 April 2019updated 24 Jul 2021 3:07am

The untruth about benefits DWP ministers keep repeating

By Anoosh Chakelian

Ministers at the Department for Work & Pensions keep repeating the same misleading line about the benefits freeze with no repercussions.

Last week, as the Westminster world was absorbed by Brexit, the DWP minister for family support, housing and child maintenance Justin Tomlinson told MPs “disability benefits were exempt from the benefit freeze”.

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