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Across this sea of horror, however, a glorious beacon shines, illuminating how things might be improved, and from the unlikeliest place: the department for work and pensions, which developed the excellent “Tell Us Once” service.
It is, as it were, a lifesaver for the surviving family. Compare and contrast to the endless calls to banks, building societies, insurers, utilities, charities and so on, where the private sector is, for once, limping along after the public sector. One chap at the private pension provider was very keen to tell us more than once that there had been an overpayment and we owed them money – this was his less than empathetic response to the news of Dad’s death. He showed zero interest in helping us find out how much, if anything, would continue to be paid to my Mum. That took weeks to establish.
He has 1,000 companies in so far , and Carew Pole estimates the start-up is handling the admin of about 2 per cent of UK deaths. EQ, the share ownership register, also has a scheme for some financial services companies. But Life Ledger aims to tie up all the loose ends in one go rather than, as with the EQ service, just tip off the companies to get back to the family or executor within 10 days – leaving you to chase up.
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