The DWP has outlined how bank account checks will be carried out on four "high-risk" groups of people first, including those ...

Readers have been sharing their views on the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) move to allow banks to monitor claimants' accounts ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an update on changes to Personal Independence ... These include new powers for officials to inspect bank statements and to directly recover funds ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an update on changes ... These include new powers for officials to inspect bank statements and to directly recover funds from bank accounts ...

The DWP has been urged to scrap new powers to check benefit claimants' bank accounts for fraud because of the risk of a repeat of the Post Office Horizon scandal ...

A Coventry MP has attacked a tough new fraud crackdown that will give the DWP powers to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts. The new Public Authorities (Fraud ...

The forthcoming legislation will allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover illicit gains directly from the bank accounts of culprits and request clear financial records from ...

The DWP has issued a statement on how changes to ... as new powers come in allowing officials to view bank statements and to directly deduct payments from people's accounts in cases of fraud.

The legislation is set to empower the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to directly reclaim funds from the bank accounts of fraudsters and to demand financial statements from those suspected ...