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Closed petition Ban all premium rate phone numbers for local and national Government services
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The DWP have announced that their benefits helpline will be an 0345 number which will cost up to 12p/minute from landlines and up to 45p/minute from mobiles after pledging in 2013 to abolish premium rate numbers for their services.
This means that a typical 40 minute phone call would cost £18 from a mobile phone. Local and national Government must not target those who are most in need of help and make assistance easily available to those who need it.
https://www.gov.uk/disability-benefits-helpline
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/claim-benefits-helpline-number-dwp-universal-credit-45p-a-minute-premium-rate-iain-duncan-smith-a6881441.html
http://www.carersoxfordshire.org.uk/cms/content/information-and-advice
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