Proposed powers to tackle UK social security fraud upset privacy campaigners

The new British Labour Government is planning to tackle the UK£10 billion (US$13 billion) that the UK loses annually to social security fraud and error by empowering the department for work and pensions (DWP) to requirebanks and other financial institutions to share data that may indicate benefit overpayments.

By Sara Lewis

The new British Labour Government is planning to tackle the UK£10 billion (US$13 billion) that the UK loses annually to social security fraud and error by empowering the department for work and pensions (DWP) to requirebanks and other financial institutions to share data that may indicate benefit overpayments.