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flag UK to allow officials to request bank details from benefit claimants to fight fraud.

flag The UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to allow officials to request bank details from benefit claimants, including those on Universal Credit, to combat fraud and errors. flag The new powers could also extend to taking funds directly from accounts if recipients owe money to the DWP and refuse to repay it. flag DWP Minister Andrew Western clarified that there are no current plans to use the data for surveillance.

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