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The phrase "told to claim" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone has been instructed or advised to make a claim about something. Example: "After the meeting, she was told to claim her expenses for the business trip."
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Tameside told the Guardian that only single people with no children, newly claiming a benefit, will be told to claim universal credit, stipulating that they must also be fit for work, not be claiming disability benefits, not have any caring responsibilities, must not be homeless, living in temporary accommodation, and must have a valid bank account and national insurance number.
Alternatively, consumers are told to claim a given service from a provider who then claims payment directly from the financing agency [ 13].
She said they were "coached" on what to say if they were stopped and told to claim they were "best friends" who were travelling together.
Party secretary-general Tendai Biti said literate people were told to claim they were illiterate so that they could be "assisted by Zanu-PF people".
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More than one reported that their Job Centre told them to claim benefits rather than seek employment.
"One man in the line told me to claim my flight although it had already been paid for by my football association.
Archie Cameron had both verbally and in writing told Jenkin to claim against the rented home and was fully aware that the property was owned by his sister-in-law.
She spoke to FEMA and was told to file a claim with her insurance company first.
I feel better already.Ian Lucas said in his constituency people with cancer whose benefits applications had been delayed for many months were being told to chase the claim themselves.
In 1770, when the Massachusetts House of Representatives sent instructions to Franklin, acting as its envoy in Great Britain, he was told to advance the claim that taxes levied by Parliament "were designed to exclude us from the least Share in that Clause of Magna Charta, which has for many Centuries been the noblest Bulwark of the English Liberties, and which cannot be too often repeated.
"As long as we're still getting those text messages telling us to claim money back from the PPI policy we've never even heard of, this idea that we're in the grip of compensation culture is unlikely to go away".
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