End surveillance of welfare claimants

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End surveillance of welfare claimants

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It has been reported that the DWP uses invasive data gathering techniques to try and prove that people claiming benefits are actually living lavish lifestyles, despite that only 1.4% of benefits are overpaid due to fraud. It must stop this immediately.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses tactics including social media monitoring, covert physical surveillance, and data gathering from private companies to monitor welfare claimants, despite that only 1.4% is overpaid due to fraud and 89% of investigated fraud allegations prove to be non-fraudulent.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g9n5/how-the-government-spies-on-welfare-claimants
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888423/fraud-and-error-stats-release-2019-2020-estimates-revised-29-may-2020.pdf
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/615813/response/1468745/attach/html/2/reply%2039323.pdf.html

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