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  "path": "/2026/04/07/637576-uk-paid-dead-people-benefits/",
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  "textContent": "The Department for Work and Pensions wasted millions of pounds due to delayed death notifications and administrative errors, according to an investigation Britain’s welfare department has paid out £850 million (over $1.1 billion) in benefits to dead people over the past four years in a massive government blunder, The Telegraph has reported. Since 2021, the […]",
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