Is there wide spread faud by them Claiming state pension

Have already asked and was ignored - link please

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Have googled and this is in reference to a bill going through Parliament to require information/red flags  from banks in cases of suspected fraud by all benefit claimants
It does not specifically relate to state pensioners


The UK government plans to monitor the bank accounts of benefit claimants, claiming the measure will improve the detection of fraud in the welfare system.



Ahead of the King’s Speech in early November 2023, ministers told The Telegraph that new anti-fraud plans seeking to expand government access to bank account data would be implemented in upcoming legislation to deal with the increasing number of people on out-of-work benefits, which has risen to 5.4 million people since the onset of the pandemic.
According to the Autumn Statement: “The government will...take further action on fraud and error by legislating to increase the DWP’s access to data on benefit claimants that is held by third parties (e.g. banks).
“This will enable DWP to better identify fraud in the welfare system, especially in detecting fraudulent claims where there is undeclared capital, which is the second highest type of welfare fraud. These extra powers are estimated to generate around £300m per year savings by 2028-29.”


www.computerweekly.com/news/366560856/DWP-to-surveil-bank-accounts-of-benefit-claimants-for-fraud

What you mean I provided no proof of it have you not read my opening post?

I try and pay all small businesses cash and never ask for a receipt - whether they put it through the books or not is a choice for them.

Only if you are paid in cash and the employer is willing to absorb the cost of your wages ie not report your address to the tax man .
Pretty much never happens now.
You are 30 years out of date .

Ok so now you mean self employed pensioners who will only take cash and do not pay tax on the money?
So how many do you think there are and how many are claiming disability benefits ? 

I think he said he tries to pay them in cash, and chooses not to bother with a receipt. I do the same because i was a small business and know the difference between the flat fee i was charged to deposit cash - and cheques - into the bank account from all amounts received that week, and the christ knows how many oer cent the bank stole fir card payments.

To be fair almost all my work was business to business i’d be surprised if even 5% was the ‘my laptop has a virus / wont start / etc’ so it was not a big deal but i saw no reason to bloat my bank’s orofits.

In the good old days when the post office still paid out some pensions and benefits in cash they were a godsend to the little guy as they LOVED receiving cash from SME’s and said so, publicly.