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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Albert Toth

DWP to be given powers to ‘spy’ on bank accounts as Labour revives Tory benefits policy

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be given new powers under Labour’s crackdown on benefit fraud, allowing them to request information from claimants’ bank accounts.

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