The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that one benefit is exempt from bank account checks. The incoming Labour Party government will grant new powers to the DWP, allowing it to directly deduct money from payslips and accounts.

However, state pensioners can rest easy as DWP minister Liz Kendall has previously assured they are safe. Benefit fraud investigators will soon have the power to recover debts from those who have overclaimed, directly from their bank accounts, thanks to new powers granted by the Labour government.

Officials have cited an 'increasing propensity' for dishonesty across British society as the reason for the continued rise in scams since the Covid pandemic. Ms Kendall has pledged to update her department's 20-year-old powers, describing their curren

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