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by aaronmdjones 888 days ago
"Huh, why is this even a difficult thing"

> the beneficiary may be asked to confirm that they are not the same deceased stranger every 12 months since the system, administered by Capita, does not log a disproved link

... and there it is. Crapita, the source of all woes, decided to do a just-good-enough job rather than a good job.

Come on. Even DVLA can handle the case where 2 (or more) people have the same first and last name, and middle initial, and date of birth, when issuing driving licences. They don't mix those up.