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They say people should immediately inform the authorities of any change in circumstances but the minute they do they find their benefits suspended for an indefinite period and are forced to reapply for them all over again. It's not simply a case of telling the authorities you are say ten pounds a week better off so they reduce your benefit by ten pounds a week. This is particularly true of Housing Benefit.

The way the system works actively discourages claimants from being honest or indeed from trying to improve their circumstances in any way.