A new bill that will grant the government powers to order banks to monitor benefit claimant’s accounts for fraud cleared another hurdle in Parliament yesterday after MPs passed the bill.
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was passed by 269 votes to 31 in the House of Commons yesterday evening and it will now be debated in the House of Lords.
https://www.cityam.com/bank-spying-powers-to-tackle-benefit-fraud-inch-closer-to-becoming-law/
