UPDATE: We defeated the previous government's plans to spy on all of our bank accounts. These proposals were Orwellian, cruel and intrusive in the extreme but now, Starmer's Government is bringing them back in a new Public Authorities (Fraud, Error & Recovery) Bill. Join over 200,000 who rejected these plans and our sign our petition to say Stop Bank Spying if you haven't already.
Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.
These Orwellian new powers will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government.
Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with, and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects.
But this is a major expansion of government power.
It takes away our financial privacy like never before and does away with the presumption of innocence - the democratic principle that you shouldn't be spied on unless police suspect you of wrongdoing. People who are disabled, sick, carers or looking for work should not be treated like criminals by default. None of us should.
We must resist these new powers. Join us in standing up for privacy, equality and financial freedom and support our campaign to stop bank spying today.
PETITION
After over 170,000 of you signed our petition, Rishi Sunak's Conservative Government were forced to junk these intrusive plans.
But now they're back, it's clear we need to send a new message to Labour and demand that they drop the latest version of these bank spying powers.
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EMAIL YOUR MP
Write to your MP using our template below demanding that the Government scrap their proposed bank spying powers:
Make sure you personalise your email with your own reasoned arguments and feelings about the Government's plans to spy on all of our bank accounts.
Step 1: Select your MP from the list below:
If you're not sure who your MP is, you can find out here.
- Jack Abbott Labour Ipswich
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- Tahir Ali Labour Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
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- Mr Gideon Amos Liberal Democrat Taunton and Wellington
- Callum Anderson Labour Buckingham and Bletchley
- Fleur Anderson Labour Putney
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- Stuart Andrew Conservative Daventry
- Tonia Antoniazzi Labour Gower
- Steff Aquarone Liberal Democrat North Norfolk
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- Jess Asato Labour Lowestoft
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- Mrs Kemi Badenoch Conservative North West Essex
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- Dame Harriett Baldwin Conservative West Worcestershire
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- Steve Barclay Conservative North East Cambridgeshire
- Paula Barker Labour Liverpool Wavertree
- Lee Barron Labour Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Mr Alex Barros-Curtis Labour Cardiff West
- Johanna Baxter Labour Paisley and Renfrewshire South
- Danny Beales Labour Uxbridge and South Ruislip
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- Suella Braverman Conservative Fareham and Waterlooville
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- Nesil Caliskan Labour Barking
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- Mr Gregory Campbell Democratic Unionist Party East Londonderry
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- Markus Campbell-Savours Labour Penrith and Solway
- Charlotte Cane Liberal Democrat Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Dan Carden Labour Liverpool Walton
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- Mr Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat Orkney and Shetland
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- James Cartlidge Conservative South Suffolk
- David Chadwick Liberal Democrat Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Wendy Chamberlain Liberal Democrat North East Fife
- Danny Chambers Liberal Democrat Winchester
- Sarah Champion Labour Rotherham
- Bambos Charalambous Labour Southgate and Wood Green
- Luke Charters Labour York Outer
- Sir Christopher Chope Conservative Christchurch
- Ellie Chowns Green Party North Herefordshire
- Feryal Clark Labour Enfield North
- Mr James Cleverly Conservative Braintree
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- Lewis Cocking Conservative Broxbourne
- Chris Coghlan Liberal Democrat Dorking and Horley
- Ben Coleman Labour Chelsea and Fulham
- Jacob Collier Labour Burton and Uttoxeter
- Lizzi Collinge Labour Morecambe and Lunesdale
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- Daisy Cooper Liberal Democrat St Albans
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- Yvette Cooper Labour Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
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- Vicky Foxcroft Labour Lewisham North
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- Mr Mark Francois Conservative Rayleigh and Wickford
- Zöe Franklin Liberal Democrat Guildford
- George Freeman Conservative Mid Norfolk
- Mr Louie French Conservative Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Mr James Frith Labour Bury North
- Richard Fuller Conservative North Bedfordshire
- Gill Furniss Labour Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Sir Roger Gale Conservative Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Barry Gardiner Labour Brent West
- Allison Gardner Labour Stoke-on-Trent South
- Mark Garnier Conservative Wyre Forest
- Anna Gelderd Labour South East Cornwall
- Alan Gemmell Labour Central Ayrshire
- Andrew George Liberal Democrat St Ives
- Gill German Labour Clwyd North
- Stephen Gethins Scottish National Party Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
- Ms Nusrat Ghani Conservative Sussex Weald
- Sarah Gibson Liberal Democrat Chippenham
- Tracy Gilbert Labour Edinburgh North and Leith
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- Rachel Gilmour Liberal Democrat Tiverton and Minehead
- Becky Gittins Labour Clwyd East
- John Glen Conservative Salisbury
- Mary Glindon Labour Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Olly Glover Liberal Democrat Didcot and Wantage
- Marie Goldman Liberal Democrat Chelmsford
- Ben Goldsborough Labour South Norfolk
- Tom Gordon Liberal Democrat Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Jodie Gosling Labour Nuneaton
- Georgia Gould Labour Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- John Grady Labour Glasgow East
- Helen Grant Conservative Maidstone and Malling
- Sarah Green Liberal Democrat Chesham and Amersham
- Lilian Greenwood Labour Nottingham South
- Andrew Griffith Conservative Arundel and South Downs
- Dame Nia Griffith Labour Llanelli
- Alison Griffiths Conservative Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Andrew Gwynne Labour Gorton and Denton
- Amanda Hack Labour North West Leicestershire
- Louise Haigh Labour Sheffield Heeley
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- Fabian Hamilton Labour Leeds North East
- Paulette Hamilton Labour Birmingham Erdington
- Claire Hanna Social Democratic & Labour Party Belfast South and Mid Down
- Monica Harding Liberal Democrat Esher and Walton
- Emma Hardy Labour Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
- Carolyn Harris Labour Neath and Swansea East
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- Lloyd Hatton Labour South Dorset
- Helen Hayes Labour Dulwich and West Norwood
- Sir John Hayes Conservative South Holland and The Deepings
- Tom Hayes Labour Bournemouth East
- Claire Hazelgrove Labour Filton and Bradley Stoke
- Chris Hazzard Sinn FÈin South Down
- John Healey Labour Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
- Sir Mark Hendrick Labour Preston
- Pippa Heylings Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire
- Dame Meg Hillier Labour Hackney South and Shoreditch
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- Jonathan Hinder Labour Pendle and Clitheroe
- Damian Hinds Conservative East Hampshire
- Simon Hoare Conservative North Dorset
- Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat Bath
- Mrs Sharon Hodgson Labour Washington and Gateshead South
- Mr Richard Holden Conservative Basildon and Billericay
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- Paul Holmes Conservative Hamble Valley
- Rachel Hopkins Labour Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Sir Lindsay Hoyle Speaker Chorley
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- Dr Neil Hudson Conservative Epping Forest
- Claire Hughes Labour Bangor Aberconwy
- D·ire Hughes Sinn FÈin Newry and Armagh
- Alison Hume Labour Scarborough and Whitby
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative Godalming and Ash
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- Imran Hussain Labour Bradford East
- Mr Adnan Hussain Independent Blackburn
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- Natasha Irons Labour Croydon East
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- Liz Jarvis Liberal Democrat Eastleigh
- Sir Bernard Jenkin Conservative Harwich and North Essex
- Robert Jenrick Conservative Newark
- Terry Jermy Labour South West Norfolk
- Adam Jogee Labour Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Dame Diana Johnson Labour Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Dr Caroline Johnson Conservative Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Kim Johnson Labour Liverpool Riverside
- Clive Jones Liberal Democrat Wokingham
- Darren Jones Labour Bristol North West
- Gerald Jones Labour Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
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- Ruth Jones Labour Newport West and Islwyn
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- Lincoln Jopp Conservative Spelthorne
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- Sojan Joseph Labour Ashford
- Warinder Juss Labour Wolverhampton West
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- Liz Kendall Labour Leicester West
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- Stephen Kinnock Labour Aberafan Maesteg
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- Gen Kitchen Labour Wellingborough and Rushden
- Mr Paul Kohler Liberal Democrat Wimbledon
- Danny Kruger Conservative East Wiltshire
- Sonia Kumar Labour Dudley
- Uma Kumaran Labour Stratford and Bow
- Peter Kyle Labour Hove and Portslade
- Laura Kyrke-Smith Labour Aylesbury
- Ben Lake Plaid Cymru Ceredigion Preseli
- Katie Lam Conservative Weald of Kent
- Peter Lamb Labour Crawley
- Mr David Lammy Labour Tottenham
- John Lamont Conservative Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Ian Lavery Labour Blyth and Ashington
- Chris Law Scottish National Party Dundee Central
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- Graham Leadbitter Scottish National Party Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
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- Sir Julian Lewis Conservative New Forest East
- Simon Lightwood Labour Wakefield and Rothwell
- Carla Lockhart Democratic Unionist Party Upper Bann
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- David Williams Labour Stoke-on-Trent North
- Sir Gavin Williamson Conservative Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Munira Wilson Liberal Democrat Twickenham
- Sammy Wilson Democratic Unionist Party East Antrim
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party Perth and Kinross-shire
- Steve Witherden Labour Montgomeryshire and Glynd?r
- Mike Wood Conservative Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Sean Woodcock Labour Banbury
- Sir Jeremy Wright Conservative Kenilworth and Southam
- Rosie Wrighting Labour Kettering
- Martin Wrigley Liberal Democrat Newton Abbot
- Yuan Yang Labour Earley and Woodley
- Mohammad Yasin Labour Bedford
- Steve Yemm Labour Mansfield
- Claire Young Liberal Democrat Thornbury and Yate
- Daniel Zeichner Labour Cambridge
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5 Key Issues
1. Violates privacy
The proposed bank spying powers would force third party organisations to trawl all customers’ accounts in search of “matching accounts”.
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It would allow the Government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to access the personal data of welfare recipients by requiring the third party served with a notice – such as a bank, building society or online marketplace - to conduct mass monitoring without suspicion of fraudulent activity. In order to do this, the bank will have to process the data of all bank account holders and conduct mass scanning according to secret search criteria supplied by the DWP.
2. Undermines the presumption of innocence
The mass suspicionless nature of the Government’s proposed new powers mean that they seriously threaten the presumption of innocence; the democratic principle that you shouldn't be spied on unless police suspect you of wrongdoing.
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The government should not intrude on the privacy of anyone’s bank account in this country without very good reason and a strong legal justification, whether a person is receiving benefits or not. People who are disabled, sick, carers, looking for work, or indeed linked to any of those people should not be treated like criminals by default.
3. Impacts society's most vulnerable
The new powers would impact some of the poorest people in our society.
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This would mean that people with disabilities or long-term illnesses, carers, or even elderly people relying on pensions would be subject to their private financial data being pre-emptively intruded on by banks and other private companies they engage with. Their accounts could then potentially examined by the government without their knowledge putting them at risk of consequential harms.
4. Unnecessary
It is right that fraudulent uses of public money are robustly dealt with and the government already has significant powers to review the bank statements of fraud suspects under existing laws.
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Under current rules, DWP can request bank account holders’ bank transaction details as and when needed" because even without suspicion of fraud, DWP can ask for bank statements (e.g. to evaluate or re-evaluate a claim).
5. Disproportionate and ineffective
The Government's own analysis shows that, if it works as hoped, this unprecedented bank intrusion is expected to generate approx. £250m net annual revenue – this would be mean recovering less than 1/34th or less than 3% of the estimated annual loss to fraud and error (the 'best estimate' is still only £320m).
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BRIEFINGS
IN THE MEDIA
The Times – Labour’s bank spying plans will create a “two-tier society”
February 20, 2025
Express – Over 220,000 people oppose proposed bank spying powers
February 3, 2025