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State pensioners are being warned as retirees face being hit with eye-watering £100million repayment demands after a Department for Work and Pensions, or DWP, error.

The DWP is chasing thousands of pensioners to repay more than £100million in state pension overpayments caused by official errors. Data shows state pension overpayments surged by £89million in the past year alone, with more than 220,000 people estimated to be affected.

Despite it being the DWP 's own error, only £3million of pensioner debt caused by government error was written off in the last financial year. Charities have accused the DWP of being "on shaky legal ground" for demanding money back from pensioners.

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