SIR – Re Richard Farrell- Adams’s letter (Worcester News, March 20) regarding the fiasco surrounding PJ Proby’s acquittal from allegations of benefit fraud.

It gives ever more credence to my long believed contention that the Department of Works and Pensions believes it only has to appear in court to win a case.

I once had the honour, nay pleasure, of winning a case against them at the Royal Courts of Justice after they accused me of failing to inform them of changes in my circumstances.

They used every tactic in the book – denying conversations, ‘losing’ evidence and delaying my case by mislaying my files for months on end.

They then spent thousands of pounds of public money employing innumerable legal officers and lawyers in a case they felt obliged to win against a single member of the public using a pro bono crown councillor.

The outcome was a minor change in the law that would benefit a minority followed swiftly by a quick change in that law to cover their backsides.

Only by virtue of an off-thecuff remark by an ICE (independent case examiner) was it revealed that I could have claimed carers allowance for my uutistic son until I reached pension age.

When I asked why I was not told, the reply was that the DWP is not obliged to inform anyone of their entitlement to any benefit.

That was from a government department that is supposed to serve us. Good on you, PJ.

GREG FESTER
Malvern