The DWP has rolled out new powers for staff and will begin to crackdown on benefit fraud.

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) has been tipped to rollout bank account checks amid the crackdown.

Officials can look at people's financial history and raid properties under new powers

The limit was introduced by George Osborne and has pushed whole households into poverty, it has been warned.

New Labour Party government proposals will require financial institutions to share data that may help identify scammers.

The DWP has been handed the powers to crackdown on fraud and benefit criminals.

The powers - which give DWP staff the chance to comb bank accounts and launch checks - have been widely panned.

New laws will give the DWP more powers to catch fraudsters faster and prevent customers from getting into debt sooner.

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a new bill that will see the government have more powers in order to crack down on benefit fraudsters including new bank account monitoring systems

The Government will bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill in this parliamentary session to tackle fraud in the social security system

Banks will be forced to hand over details about DWP claimants going on holiday - like any abroad purchases or trips.

Government says unemployment and long-term sickness is costing too much

The extra cash is worth £10 and has faced criticism for being an 'insult' and 'a joke' - as it has never been permanently increased since it was introduced by the DWP in 1972

Labour has pledged to “get sick Brits back to health and back to work”, but charities warn this must not be used as an “excuse to slash” disability benefits.

The DWP will pay out a £150 Warm Home Discount, which will be credited to energy accounts from big suppliers.

Powers that will give the Department for Work and Pensions powers to force banks to monitor benefit claimants' accounts have been announced

The Government is looking to reduce the number of claimants

DWP set to step up investigations in bid to combat benefit fraud

Starmer has said he plans to introduce legislation to tackle benefit fraud, during a speech at the new Labour Party government conference yesterday.

PIP is the main disability benefit for people under the state pension age with a long-term health condition in the UK and recently the DWP has updated its guidance on PIP assessments

Updating its guidance, the DWP said it will look "at people as individuals" and explore how their condition impacts "daily lives and over a range of different activities."

Starmer has warned the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) will leave "no stone unturned" in a bid to rebuild public services - and save £1.6 BILLION over five years.

The DWP has vowed to act quickly on benefit fraud with Sir Keir Starmer pledging to "leave no stone unturned" in a bid to rebuild public services and save £1.6 billion over the next five years