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Allegation made to DWP, now they have taken my car and want overpayment

hi iv had a mobility car for the past few years , someone made a allegation that i could walk for ages and a have a new house to the dwp , the dwp then followed me a few times , i do suffer from mental health problems and im diabete and hve other health issues too , the dwp had 6 hours of video footage and took my mobiliy car away from may 2016 , in the interview room they kept badgering me to say when my leg improved , i said its not improved , i only go out when iv had pain killers , they kept saying 2 years and foolsy said 2 years , my solicitor did not turn up , someone else turned up who iv never met before , he did not know anything about my mental health , yes he let me dwn , now the dwp want 6000 overpayment , i dont know what to do
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I'm sorry to read that you are going through a difficult time. Here is the link to the Ask a benefits advisor section of the community.
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Note that you can't challenge the overpayment itself. Only whether it is recoverable. If you wanted to challenge the overpayment then you would have had to do an MR and appeal on the original decision to remove benefit. Unless it was within the last 13 months then you are out of time on that.
You make no mention of interviews under caution or fraud prosecution so I presume that's not an issue. If it is then you need a solicitor for the fraud element and a welfare rights adviser for the rest.
Assuming no fraud then your absolute worst case scenario is deductions from your benefit at a rate which would be negotiable if you could show hardship.