A deadline for many benefit claimants will land tomorrow (January 26).
05.01.2024 - 14:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
New powers that would assist the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in tackling benefit fraud have been criticised in Parliament.
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is currently progressing through the House of Lords - a necessary process before it can officially become law. New powers provided to the DWP would allow the government department to receive banking information from benefit claimants.
The controversial bill has sparked concerns over the use of the powers and potential infringements on a claimant's privacy. A debate on the bill in the House of Lords last month sought more clarification on the extent and uses of the proposed powers.
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Speaking to the House on December 19, 2023, Lord Prem Sikka criticised the bill for using "utterly arcane language" while providing some "grave misgivings about some parts" of the bill. He added: "George Orwell’s iconic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949, raised the spectre of Big Brother.
"That nightmare has now been brought to reality by a Conservative Government supposedly rolling back the state. The Government have already undermined the people’s right to protest and to withdraw labour.
"Now comes snooping and 24/7 surveillance of the bank, building society and other accounts of the sick, disabled, poor, elderly and unfortunate, all without a court order.
"Over 22.4 million people would be targeted by that surveillance, but the account holders will not be told anything about the frequency and depth of this organised snooping."
He also criticised the "stirring up" of the
A deadline for many benefit claimants will land tomorrow (January 26).
A wide variety of people living with certain medical conditions could receive extra financial support through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
A handful of benefit claimants could be owed up to £2,000 due to a mistake from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Wake & Bake with Double S Express.”Snoop Dogg wouldn’t be the first prominent rapper or actor to appear on the adult platform, as rapper Iggy Azalea, 33, and former “The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo, 51, have also found success on OnlyFans. “I figured, ‘OK, so everybody’s in their underwear and being sexy on Instagram and I don’t do that, but I can do that and get paid for it.’ … I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner,” de Matteo said in September. But, Snoop Dogg (nee Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr) said he had to turn down the opportunity because, “Ain’t no way in the world she gonna allow me to go on there and pull that thang out for no amount of money.”His wife, Shante Broadus, 52, has been with him since the two were teenagers at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California.“I was there with him when he started all this,” Broadus told W Magazine in 2021.
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Snoop Dogg “giving up smoke” campaign “did not lead to sales” as planned.Back in November, the ‘Gin and Juice’ rapper announced that he would be giving up his smoking habit.The rapper took to his official social media accounts to share a statement that read: “After much consideration and conversation with my family, I have decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this time.” No additional details were immediately provided.A few days after his announcement, the rapper shared that he is not giving up weed but is “giving up smoke” in an advert for a Solo smokeless stove.I’m giving up smoke.
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The Department for Work and Pensions has ordered the first Cold Weather Payments of 2024, with around 10,000 people set to receive £25 towards their heating bills.
Thousands of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) could be due arrears from as far back as April 2016, following a recent change to the assessment rules or the Daily Living component around the definition of ‘social support’. Around 284,000 existing PIP claimants and those who may have had heir claim rejected, are being urged to contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), if they think they may have been affected.
Millions of older people in receipt of the New or Basic State Pension are set for another significant increase this year after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that payments will rise by 8.5 per cent from April 8, 2024. This means that someone on the full New State Pension will see payments go up from £203.85 per week to £221.20 and as payments are typically made every four weeks, this amounts to £884.80 each pay period.
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