The Department for Work and Pensions has disclosed that one benefit is SAFE from bank account checks. The DWP confirmed it will be given new powers by the new Labour Party government, enabling it to deduct money directly from payslips and accounts.
However, DWP minister Liz Kendall has assured that state pensioners are SAFE. Benefit fraud investigators will soon have the ability to recoup debts from those who have overclaimed, directly from their bank accounts, under new powers granted by the Labour government.
Officials have previously attributed an 'increasing propensity' for dishonesty across British society as the reason for the continued rise in scams since Covid.
Ms Kendall has pledged to modernise her department's 20-year old powers, labelling their current investigatory capacities as 'absurd'. READ MORE: DWP confirms Winter Fuel Payment eligibility letters will be sent out to 12.7 million people by the end of next month The DWP will be given new powers to take money directly from the pockets of benefit fraudsters, as the government promises to clamp down on welfare scams.