The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has mistakenly paid out £500 million in benefits to dead people. And to add to the problem, the DWP has struggled to recover the millions of pounds in overpaid state pension and Pension Credit given to claimants who have passed away. Records reveal that around £512 million was incorrectly paid out since the 2019-20 financial year, with £159 million of that amount going unrecovered in the last year alone. These figures were uncovered following a