#DWP Bank Account Intrusion.. Big Brother Tightens Grip: Benefits Claimants Targeted… Including old-age pension claimants... While The Rich Continue to Hide Their Wealth in Offshore Accounts in This New Age of Haves and have-nots… The UK government’s newly unveiled bank account monitoring scheme targeting benefit claimants provides yet another example of how policies and systems disproportionately burden vulnerable populations. This dystopian intrusion into personal finances deals another blow to struggling groups already reeling amid a prolonged cost-of-living crisis, not of their making. While the stated aim of detecting fraud may hold superficial appeal, the scope reveals a distorted set of priorities that sacrifice privacy upon the altar of public penny-pinching – while turning a blind eye toward far more egregious financial crimes. Functionally, it serves to treat all who rely upon benefit support even old age pension as latent criminals undeserving of basic dignity or trust. Considering that people claiming out-of-work benefits sits at 5.4m, the DWP identified just 11,000 cases of benefit fraud annually – around 0.2% of claimants. Yet rather than strengthen transparency and accountability among elite circles of inherited wealth and statuses shielding billions overseas, the government marshals more resources to scrutinise how the unemployed, disabled or retired spend their paltry allowance. This is yet another instance of a data-driven assault in what can only be labelled “class war”. People relentlessly prosecuted by an establishment ever more equipped to disempower those with the least while coddling corrupt concentrations of economic power. Jenny Jones nailed it in a speech in the House of Lords: ‘๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ… ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ” ‘๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐’๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ” ‘๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ? ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ? ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐.’ Sir Stephen Timms, Labour MP and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury stated: “This measure will give the Government the right to inspect the bank account of anyone who claims a State Pension. So all of us actually, every single one of us, this measure will give the Government the right to look into our bank account at some point during our lives without suspecting that we have ever done anything wrong, without telling us that they are doing it.” But let us harbour no illusions – we should expect no meaningful pushback from Sir Keir Starmer or his cadre of lawyers masquerading as an opposition party. This is precisely the sort of authoritarian overreach Starmer’s Rule of Lawyers faction will not only embrace, but expand should they seize the reins of power. Just as Tory governments erode civil liberties and entrench inequality, so too would Starmer’s New Labour double down on the worst excesses of the surveillance state, ever at the beck and call of corporate power. With a lack of opposition, the burden now falls to individual MPs: will they reject the stigmatising overreach, or tacitly bless the rough Beast slouching nearer? Read more https://ift.tt/WucVYZl #bigbrotheruk
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