DWP powers to enter bank account and take cash 'will not extend to one benefit'
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said it would not be ‘proportionate’ to target some claimants in the crackdown
22 Oct 15:01 · DevonLive
DWP powers to enter bank account and take cash 'will not extend to one benefit'
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be given the power to take money from people's pay slips and bank accounts as part of plans to crackdown on benefit fraud
23 Oct 09:05 · BristolLive
DWP says only one benefit is 'safe' from bank account checks
The government is cracking down on benefit fraud with new powers from the Department for Work and Pensions - but there's one benefit that is safe from the checks
22 Oct 10:08 · NottinghamshireLive
DWP to be given new powers to take money from bank accounts and payslips in fraud crackdown
Benefit fraud investigators will also be granted the ability to access information about suspected fraudsters from all private companies - but the plans have been criticised as 'Orwellian' by campaigners
23 Oct 07:11 · ChronicleLive
State pensioners exempt from new DWP bank account checks under Labour's fraud crackdown
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will be granted new powers to take money from wages and bank accounts
22 Oct 22:25 · Manchester Evening News
DWP plan to seize money from bank accounts 'risks repeating carer scandal'
A plan to seize money from people's bank accounts in a benefit fraud crackdown risks repeating the scandal of carers being unfairly targeted for repayments, it is claimed
23 Oct 09:15 · Derbyshire Live
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