Pensioner loses confidence after welfare payment error

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Sep 11, 202600:03:53News & Politics

A pensioner whose welfare payments were wrongly suspended says he has no confidence it won't happen again. The social development ministry has admitted it got it wrong after a review found more than 30,000 payments were...

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