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Labour 'abandons plan to snoop on welfare claimants' bank accounts to block them from fraudulently claiming benefits'
Daily Mail and The Sun UK describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedMinisters are reported to have scrapped a proposal to allow the Department for Work and Pensions to see the savings of people trying to claim Universal Credit.
The headline splitDaily Mail frames it as "Labour 'abandons plan to snoop on welfare claimants' bank accounts to block them from fra...". The Sun UK frames it as "Plan to spy on benefit cheats’ bank accounts SCRAPPED by Chancellor in blow to taxpayer".
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Right / center-rightLabour 'abandons plan to snoop on welfare claimants' bank accounts to block them from fraudulently claiming benefits'
Labour 'abandons plan to snoop on welfare claimants' bank accounts to block them from fraudulently claiming benefits'
Ministers are reported to have scrapped a proposal to allow the Department for Work and Pensions to see the savings of people trying to claim Universal Credit.
Plan to spy on benefit cheats’ bank accounts SCRAPPED by Chancellor in blow to taxpayer
CHANCELLOR John Healey has scrapped plans to crack down on benefit fraud by snooping on claimants' bank accounts. The proposal would have enabled officials at the Department of Work and Pen...
