DWP finally admit that they're wrong

In January this year I received a letter from the DWP Debt Management Centre saying I owed them almost £500 in overpaid Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) I had claimed while jobseeking last year.

You can read about the saga at my first, second and third blog posts. I won't go into it all again here, it's been too stressful for words.

Today a letter arrives from the DWP admitting they're wrong and crap.

Their words: "We have looked again at the facts and evidence we used to make our decision and looked at the points raised. As a result we have changed our decision and have decided that the overpayment is not recoverable and you do not have to pay this back."

While relieved, I'm also angry that they've put me through months of jumping through stressful hoops, having to prove that they were wrong.