Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelled
- Should benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think so
Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion over his plan to use direct deductions from people’s bank accounts and the cancellation of driving licences as part of a government crackdown on welfare fraud and over-claiming.
In an attempt to claw back the annual £9.7bn in benefit overpayments made by the Department for Work and Pensions due to fraud or error, the government has adopted Conservative plans for debt recovery.
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