MORE than 1000 scheme wind-up victims instantly became eligible for increased payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme when the government removed the "de minimus rule".
The rule, which was dropped in the Budget, prevented people entitled to payments of less than £10 per week claiming the money. And pensions reform minister James Purnell – answering a parliame...
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