After Labour's election victory promising change, constituents express concerns over new legislation that revives Conservative spying proposals on those receiving state support. The public authorities (fraud, error and recovery) bill allows banks to monitor welfare recipients' bank details without suspicion. This legislation threatens the principle of innocence, as beneficiaries could be treated as suspects, risking a potential scandal reminiscent of the Horizon case. This raises severe privacy issues, particularly affecting disabled individuals and low-income families who may face wrongful investigations and bureaucratic hurdles to prove their innocence.
...welfare recipients would be treated as suspects, simply because they need support from the state.
The new legislation would compel banks to carry out financial surveillance of welfare recipients... This legislation raises significant concerns over one's privacy rights.
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