DWP Banks

Hi JLP

They say only means tested benefit claimants, but how will banks identify the difference between means tested benefit claimants and non means tested benefit claimants.

It is already here, the snoopers charter. We are told that the Government will be amending the law to allow this, (The Investigatory Powers Act 2016).

Gary

Hi Twistedwitch,

I think hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people are feeling the exact same way, myself included. These tories are doing everything in their power to belittle people who are disabled, elderly or have lost their jobs and forced onto benefits. I worked hard for over 20 years, and lost my job in 2020, and now finding that I'm being penalised for having savings, because they're classified as income when claiming UC. I feel so let down, all them years that I'd given my all, and now they're taking hundreds, going into thousands back off me

There's an online petition going around online via 38 Degrees about stopping the snooping - Me personally, whilst I don't approve of fraud, for the ones who are legit, I feel it for them, and think this will increase the suicide rate unfortunately.

Regards, Chris.

Hi denby,

Staggering! Huge difference in figures! Well, if the government wants to waste millions of more pounds paying staff to check for virtually none existant fraud, well then let them get on with it. It'll probably be another case of how things ended up with the useless Track and Trace system - a total waste of money. Sooner these tories are out of government, the better - I remember listening to an elderly woman on the telly and she said that "picking which tory you want in charge, is like trying to choose which peace of carrot you want to eat from a pile of sick" - Yep, total nail on the head!

Regards, Chris.