The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to gain new powers to directly access bank accounts and wages of suspected benefit fraudsters, as part of a major Government crackdown on welfare fraud.
Liz Kendall, Work and Pensions Secretary has unveiled plans to update the department's "outdated" investigatory tactics, which have remained unchanged for two decades.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/dwp-set-to-take-money-straight-from-bank-accounts-and-wages-in-benefit-fraud-crackdown/ar-AA1sAnC8#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20legislation,%20DWP%20investigators%20will%20be,to%20seize%20assets%20from%20a%20deceased%20person's%20estate.
