Should benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think so | Neil Duncan-Jordan

MPs like me are horrified by my government’s proposals to treat vulnerable people as suspects simply because they need state supportNeil Duncan-Jordan is the Labour MP for PooleLabour won last year’s general election on a promise to reverse the damage done by the previous Conservative governments, offering a politics that would, in the memorable words of the prime minister, “tread more lightly on our lives”. I won a historic victory in Poole for Labour last July on the basis that things would change – and change for the better.But my constituents, already fearful of plans for the largest cuts to disability support in a generation, have been getting in touch with me about new legislation that might be news to you: the government is resurrecting Tory proposals for mass spying on people who receive state support.Neil Duncan-Jordan is the Labour MP for Poole Continue reading...