>>22731886
WELFARE REFORM DISGUISED AS WELFARE CUTS AKA SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM !!!
Note: This is going to be a DWP (department of work and pensions) reform which will bring in conditions like passport, bio-metric identification information adaptation, access to bank account statements going back months with cash and deposits in and payment out records, saving and investments, a full asset grab operation under the guise of bringing down welfare spending but it will be tony blairs social credit system, way worse than debanking and it will not be done by the state, it will done by local councils
>>22730479, >>22730537 THE WILL CALL IT WELFARE REFORM BUT IT IS WELFARE CUTS
DWP to enter bank accounts and seize 'lump sums' of cash under new powers
The Data Protection and Information Bill, currently moving through the House of Lords, would give the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) unprecedented powers to monitor the financial activity of benefit.
James Rodger Content Editor
07:36, 07 Mar 2025
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-enter-bank-accounts-seize-31147819?int_source=nba
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The Department for Work and Pensions has clarified how new bank account checks will be used - and when. The Data Protection and Information Bill, currently moving through the House of Lords, would give the Department for Work & Pensions ( DWP ) unprecedented powers to monitor the financial activity of benefit.
Cabinet under secretary, Georgina Gould, told MPs: Clause 17 introduces direct deduction orders as a method to recover public funds lost to fraud and error from a liable person’s bank account. Direct deduction orders are a vital mechanism to recover funds from a liable person who can afford to repay their debt but refuses to do so."
Ms Gould said: "The introduction of direct deduction orders is essential to bolster the Government’s ability to recover public funds, ensuring that taxpayer money lost to fraud and error is reclaimed and redirected towards essential public services and the common good."
She went on, adding: "To safeguard the use of these powers, direct deduction orders will be used after an investigation by the Public Sector Fraud Authority into suspected fraud against a public authority. The decision to make a direct deduction order will be made by trained and authorised officers in the PSFA who will work to the standards of the Government counter-fraud profession.
"The investigation must determine, to the civil standard of proof, that money is owed to the public sector as a result of fraud or error. As I have said, we will seek voluntary engagement and repayment, and only after those efforts have been unsuccessful will direct deduction orders be used."
Gould said: "Direct deduction orders can be either regular, requiring regular deductions, or lump sum, requiring a specific amount to be deducted. Both types of orders can be issued for the same account, to ensure operational flexibility while considering and protecting vulnerability. Copies of direct deduction orders must be sent to the liable person, the joint account holders, if applicable, and the bank where the account is held.
She said: "To safeguard the use of such powers, the first notice must invite the liable person and any joint account holders to make representations about the terms of the proposed order and, in the case of a joint account, about the liable person’s beneficial interest in the amount in the account.
"Consideration must be given to any representations made and, in the case of a joint account, an assessment of the liable person’s beneficial interest must be made. It is also intended that direct deduction orders will be subject to the independent oversight created in the Bill, which we will come to in chapter 6."
"Direct deduction orders, as outlined in the clauses, are key to seeking the efficient recovery of public moneys, while ensuring that recovery is fair and proportionate with robust safeguards to protect those in vulnerable situations. They also ensure the fair and appropriate protection of the rights of the individuals involved, allowing for informed decision making and protecting non-liable parties in joint accounts from unwarranted deductions. Having outlined the key provisions in the clauses, I commend them to the Committee," she said.
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