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From: Denc 🗡
You can’t offend your masters… Healey scraps crackdown on welfare fraud Government officials will not be allowed to examine savings of those claiming Universal Credit John Healey has abandoned a plan to crack down on welfare fraud by snooping on Universal Credit claimants’ bank accounts. The Chancellor has scrapped a proposal that would have allowed officials at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to see the savings of people trying to claim benefits. Under the Universal Credit rules, any person who has more than £16,000 in savings is ineligible to claim unemployment benefits. Rachel Reeves, the former chancellor, announced in last year’s spring statement that the Government would “verify” claimants’ bank accounts to ensure their savings were not higher than the limit. She claimed the policy would save £200m by 2030 by reducing benefit fraud, which costs the Treasury almost £10bn a year. An official estimate published by the Treasury said Mr Healey’s decision to scrap the idea could cost taxpayers £5m this year and £10m next year because of higher levels of fraud.

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You can’t offend your masters…...[more]	Denc 🗡	22:29:19

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