The DWP will be given arrest, search and seizure powers under a new law in a radical planned crackdown on benefits cheats. Proposals to stamp out benefits fraud have been published by the government today, Monday May 13.

Among a raft of strict changes the government is proposing, one key change would see the Department for Work and Pensions given police style powers.

DWP officers would be able to search people’s homes, seize property and arrest people. The government says this would ‘stop…