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//The UK banking industry has warned that government plans to crackdown on benefit fraud could leave banks at risk of breaking consumer protection laws.
A new law unveiled on Wednesday would allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reclaim money from accounts without a court order.
Ministers argue this will speed up the debt recovery process and help contribute to a wider crackdown on benefits fraud.
But UK Finance, the biggest business group representing British banks, has told the BBC the plans could undermine the banks' own efforts to protect vulnerable account holders.//
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Without a court order? Am I alone in thinking that this government is hell-bent on claiming more and more control?
13:54 ah the old "nothing to hide nothing to fear" maxim!
At best there will be errors, accounts emptied by mistake, pain and aggravation for those affected, at worse it could be used by future governments to plunder the bank accounts of the populous. NTHNTF is the refuge of the terminally unmindful. Sounds great until you think it through and realise what power you are giving the state forever.
//it could be used by future governments to plunder the bank accounts of the populous//
And that is the very nub of it TTT, but dont expect nicebloke to understand that.
It really isnt beyond any imagination to envisage scenarios where futuer Goverments would abuse this. Next stop, bad tweet - empty bank account.
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