DWP Proposing To Scrutinize Bank Accounts?

paddyann54

Meantime Michelle Mone and her billionaire husband recipients of 200 MILLION for a company they hadn't started ...to supply PPE that was useless are still at large with no sign of any legal action against them or the government .Its a very strange UK where the poor are ALWAYS guilty and the rich are allowed to "make mistakes" with no comeback
What a bloody mess !

Yes.

crazyH

What ???? We can spend our SP - I wish they’ll delve into the physical abilities of those receiving DLA /AA.

I speak as an able-bodied person who is not yet in receipt of a SP, but I think that comment is cruel and unfair. Disabled people, many of whom are ill, or have physical conditions that are not going to improve, have to undergo stringent tests and often humiliating interviews on a regular basis to get the benefits towards which they have contributed in NI payments.

Why anyone would want to make their lives even harder is beyond me.

They won’t be able to access everyone’s bank accounts Nanatoone. Don’t be silly. And they won’t be interested in people claiming only the SP. That is pure scaremongering. Why should the DWP simply take the word of claimants of means-tested benefits? We know that fraud happens and anything that can prevent it is fine by me.

If the government gets access to the bank accounts of benefits recipients (I’m not one) then it won’t be long before they have access to everyone’s. So wrong. I often give my kids money for food (and they work and are not on benefits) or other things. My money, my choice. Clear off HMG.

What ???? We should be able to spend our SP on whatever we choose. - I wish they’ll delve into the physical abilities of those receiving DLA /AA.

Meantime Michelle Mone and her billionaire husband recipients of 200 MILLION for a company they hadn't started ...to supply PPE that was useless are still at large with no sign of any legal action against them or the government .Its a very strange UK where the poor are ALWAYS guilty and the rich are allowed to "make mistakes" with no comeback
What a bloody mess !

What ???? We can spend our SP - I wish they’ll delve into the physical abilities of those receiving DLA /AA.

Do you mean pension credit recipients, rather than people receiving state pensions?

If so, whether the ability to access bank accounts is right or wrong, it is the same principle for UC and pension credit, as both are means-tested benefits which could be being fraudulently claimed.