29 h. ago Exact date DWP will start checking bank accounts and who will be targeted

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to start checking bank accounts from April next year in a bid to combat benefit fraud - here's everything you need to know

Economics

5 d. ago Drivers charged TWICE in parking fine flaw at UK’s biggest airport – check your bank account if you’ve been hit too

DRIVERS are being warned about a parking fine flaw at the UK's biggest airport which means customers have been charged twice. Driver Chris Tylee had paid the £6 drop-off fee after dropping a passenger off at Heathrow’s Terminal 3 earlier this year. But he was issued a second charge only minutes later after re-entering the...

Society

7 d. ago DWP confirms when bank account checks will start as three benefits 'targeted'

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed the start date for new eligibility verification and bank account checks which will be rolled out from April 2026

Economics

7 d. ago DWP set to be given new powers to check on pensioner bank accounts

The DWP will be able to request bank statements if there is a 'suspicion of fraud'

Economics

2 w. ago DWP says if you have this much in your bank account it could trigger checks on your finances

The DWP has warned that it will start checking the bank accounts of people receiving Universal Credit to see if they have been declaring their income correctly - here's what you need to know

Economics

3 w. ago DWP to check bank accounts of benefit claimants under new powers

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to be given new powers to check the bank accounts of benefit claimants in a bid to tackle fraud and prevent overpayments

Economics

3 w. ago DWP claimants on eight benefits to get bank accounts checked under new crackdown

The regulations would see DWP staff able to monitor people’s financial transactions more closely as suspicios activity is flagged by banks in an effort to tackle fraud and prevent overpayment of benefits

Economics

3 w. ago DWP claimants on eight benefits to get their bank accounts inspected

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to be given new powers to check the bank accounts of millions of benefit claimants

Economics

3 w. ago DWP's upcoming bank account checks to target claimants on eight benefits

The fraud checks are likely to target claimants on these eight benefits

Economics