To: LIZ KENDALL M.P.
DWP GIVEN NEW POWERS TO BANK ACCOUNTS
DWP issued warning over new powers to snoop on benefit claimant bank accounts
The legislation is part of government plans to "clampdown" on fraud and error within the benefits system (
The Fraud, Error and Debt Bill is set to give the benefits department new and extensive powers to help it crackdown on fraud within the social security system
The legislation is part of government plans to "clampdown" on fraud and error within the benefits system (
By
Ruby FlanaganMoney Reporter
- 10:28, 5 Mar 2025
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been issued a warning against its "intrusive" anti-fraud measure to monitor benefit claimant's bank accounts.
Labour’s new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill is currently making its way through Parliament and is set to come into force later this year. The legislation is set to give the benefits department new and extensive powers to help it crackdown on fraud within the social security system. One of these new powers - and its most controversial - will give the DWP access to bank accounts to recover debt.
Why is this important?
IT'S AN INVASION OF PRIVACY, IT'S HUMILIATING. IT WILL CAUSE MORE STRESS AND ANXIETY ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. SUICIDE RATE COULD RISE. THE COST OF LIVING AT THE MINUTE IS CAUSING ENOUGH WORRY AND ANXIETY, WE DON'T NEED ADDED PRESSURE.
IT'S SEEMS TO BE PARTICULARLY TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY VULNERABLE AND STRUGGLING TO COPE.
IT'S SEEMS TO BE PARTICULARLY TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY VULNERABLE AND STRUGGLING TO COPE.
