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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2022 13:55:37 GMT
DWP staff get power to arrest Brits in hardline Universal Credit fraud crackdown DWP staff will be given the power to arrest Brits in a hardline Universal Credit crackdown. Two million claimants will have their cases dredged up and face fines for fraud under sweeping laws - even if they’re not convicted of a crime. Department for Work and Pensions officers will be allowed to mass-request bank data more easily to spot-check if people are cheating the Jobcentre. DWP staff will then make arrests, execute warrants, conduct searches and seize evidence themselves instead of leaving the work to police. Even if a case does not make it to court, they will then get power to dish out civil fines - like those issued by HMRC. But Tory ministers will be accused of chasing headlines as there’s no timetable for a new law and it's unlikely to start work for at least a year. Many of the new powers need an Act of Parliament - but it’s thought this would only be introduced from May 2023 at the earliest. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-staff-power-arrest-brits-27002864?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar |
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Post by gordo on May 19, 2022 15:45:23 GMT
I can't see it ever happen.
Only Police have those kinds of powers.
And there is much potential for getting things wrong.
But the fact the tories have even suggested such an idea, is a shocking condemnation of tory social policy!
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Post by philbadfactor on May 24, 2022 4:25:11 GMT
There should be a law against not claiming benefits that you are entitled to claim on the grounds of doing self harm.
You must be sectioned for self neglect and made to fill in your claim form before being released.
sorry about that one.
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Post by terminator on Jun 5, 2023 14:14:33 GMT
I could see those people that have over £5.999.99p in their account taking money out of the account daily so that they never have more than £5,999.99p in the account on the day that payments go into the account, those who also get PIP the DWP will have too take £691 off the money in the account on the date of a benefits payment, which means those working out over payments will have to reduce the money in the account by £691 every time they work out if the claimant has over £5,999.99p in the account.
I don't think they will have to work out if the account is over £5,999.99p when another £691 goes into the account just when they pay ESA or other UC benefits but will have to deduct £691 before they see if the account is over £5,999.99p.
This is what I did on a regular basis from about Feb 2012 and my account never went under £6,350 but the DWP, when they hauled me in back in Feb 2016 had to work out what was in the account on the day I received my ESA but by the account was well under £5,999.99p as I kept taking £300 out daily. I told the DWP hitman I never checked the balance in my account and just took money out as and when I needed it. They apparently went back to 2009 when my account topped £8,700 but by then I had started taking daily amounts out of the account and stashing it in a safe at home so I only paid back £400 but by my calculation it should have being triple that at least even accounting for having over £5,999.99p in on the day my ESA was paid.
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