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    Elderly and vulnerable in Government phone rip-off 'scandal'

    Elderly and vulnerable in Government phone rip-off 'scandal'

    This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd November 2012 22:16.

    *The elderly and vulnerable are being charged tens of millions of pounds each year to ring premium rate Government helplines, it can be disclosed....

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    Tags: 2012, benefits, cancelled, costs, debt, dwp, elderly, free, government, helplines, jsa, land, living, mobile, mobile phone, november, people, phone, phone lines, premium, rate, rip-off, scandal, size, vulnerable
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    Re: Elderly and vulnerable in Government phone rip-off 'scandal'

    I think it's disgraceful that government departments such as DWP and JC+ use premium rate phone lines.

    Many people who are on benefits only have a mobile phone as a way of cutting living costs. I know I cancelled my land line because I couldn't afford it.
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      Re: Elderly and vulnerable in Government phone rip-off 'scandal'

      Originally posted by Pixie View Post
      I think it's disgraceful that government departments such as DWP and JC+ use premium rate phone lines.

      Many people who are on benefits only have a mobile phone as a way of cutting living costs. I know I cancelled my land line because I couldn't afford it.
      They know this and that is why in my opinion, why not give free numbers to those on JSA and free numbers for DWP, disgraceful.




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