DWP issues 'dystopian' new orders to banks in big benefits crackdown - Birmingham Live

DWP issues 'dystopian' new orders to banks in big benefits crackdown - Birmingham Live

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) is legislating to require banks to withdraw cash from the accounts of claimants who have been overpaid.

Plan will give DWP power to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants

Campaigners branded the plans “nothing short of dystopian”

DWP to be given power to raid bank accounts in 'dystopian' proposal

The controversial move will see pensioners and benefits claimants have cash directly siphoned out of their accounts if the DWP believes they have been overpaid

DWP to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants in new plan

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could soon be allowed to seize cash directly from people’s accounts if it claims they were overpaid benefits Vulnerable individuals in the UK are at risk of having their bank accounts targeted by drastic new powers that have sparked outrage for their “dystopian” nature. Hidden within a new government bill, ministers aim to grant the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) the authority to directly withdr…