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A new 'eligibility verification' measure will check if people are entitled to claim Universal Credit - on top of other ...

New powers by the Department for Work and Pensions to check claimants' bank accounts are taking the next step towards ...

Ministers maintain the information collected from such measures won't be gathered on the assumption someone is already guilty of an offence. Experts believe the DWP is initially concentrating on ...

The DWP has announced the start date for its new Eligibility Verification and checking bank accounts to stop benefit fraud.

External relations manager Rebecca Lamb said: "Bank account checks might help catch a small amount of fraud, but they won’t fix the bigger issue - that most problems happen because the system is ...

Proposals for new powers to check the bank account details of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit claimants are ...