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A mother has got letters from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) demanding £5,000 for FIVE years - even after she moved house - because she and another woman have the same name.

Sarah McKenzie, from Belle Vale, says she has been contacted by the DWP debt division demanding £5,444.19 for the last half-decade. Sarah, who cares for her son Adam, 23, who is autistic, said: "Our national insurance numbers are the only difference, it's a case of mistaken identity.

"For five years I've been getting these letters demanding money. It has this other woman's national insurance number on the letters. Every time I call the DWP to complain they confirm I don't owe anything and I ask them to stop the letters."

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