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Housing benefit and access to bank accounts
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The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.0
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tazwhoever wrote: »The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.
I thought i had read something like that on our form but as i forget things easily with this illness i didn't want to say in case I was wrong....0 -
tazwhoever wrote: »The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.
Which form do you mean? There are dozens of different DWP benefit forms, and hundreds of Local Authority ones. I'm not sure any form actually states they can have "access" to anyone's bank account, perhaaps you could provide a quote from the declaration page?0
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