Privacy activist group Big Brother Watch has questioned the legality of the plan for Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to run checks on the financial data of benefits claimants.

DWP has said the organisation’s claims are false and emphasised the intent to use the powers to reduce benefits fraud.

https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/privacy-group-attacks-plan-for-dwp-fraud-checks-on-bank-data/