The UK government reportedly plans to monitor bank account data in order to ensure that people receiving unemployment benefits aren’t cheating the system, sparking furor as the country suffers from record unemployment.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to step up efforts to weed out people receiving government assistance who are deemed to be too wealthy for the program. UK citizens are barred from tapping into Universal Credit if they or their partners have more than £16,000 in the bank ($20,947). Under the program, those with savings of £6,000 ($7,855) to £16,000 receive a smaller paycheck from the government each month.
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