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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

DWP staff get power to arrest Brits in hardline Universal Credit fraud crackdown

DWP staff will be given the power to arrest Brits in a hardline Universal Credit crackdown.

Two million claimants will have their cases dredged up and face fines for fraud under sweeping laws - even if they’re not convicted of a crime.

Department for Work and Pensions officers will be allowed to mass-request bank data more easily to spot-check if people are cheating the Jobcentre.

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