Is GB news right or panic scareing

Andi66
Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,100 Championing
in Current affairs

It came up on my news feed that the government want to monitor the banks if you have more than £500 in . They will be be working with dwp, student finance . That money going into your account however small like gifts from family etc. That could mean that the bank freezes your account while they look into it. I hope its not true. Getting UC next month which would have rent including. My daughter student loans

They were saying as well about needing ID in supermarkets for getting ordinary food. Again is this scaremongering

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  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,512 Championing

    @Andi66

    The banking bit relates to fraud checks coming in 2026, only for savings over £16k. No £500 threshold, no freezing accounts, and gifts from family aren’t tracked. Student Finance isn’t part of it.
    The supermarket claim seems to be confusion around age-restricted items. No ID needed for ordinary food.

  • Girl_No1
    Girl_No1 Online Community Member Posts: 412 Trailblazing

    It very much sounds like scaremongering.

    What site was the information from?

  • Ray212
    Ray212 Online Community Member Posts: 736 Empowering

    Sounds nonsense

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,100 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1064612#Comment_1064612

    Just came up as GB news Patrick Christy was talking about it

  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 1,049 Championing

    Is it April Fools? It would mean anyone receiving benefits monthly would flash up, where would the staff come from, as there is a backlog on everything as it is. And, I have no comment on the supermarket ID story!

    I don't know who Patrick Christy is, but from that, I really don't want to know.

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,416 Championing

    GBeebies, why even go there? That's like a BAME person attending an NF rally. The disabled are their targets, not target audience.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,100 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1064628#Comment_1064628

    It came on my Facebook feed

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,416 Championing

    I don't know about those sort of things, as i have never been on Facebook or the like.

    Hearing i could be assaulted by GB News, i'm convinced i made the right decision to avoid!

  • Stellar
    Stellar Online Community Member Posts: 342 Pioneering

    Yes, it's scaremongering. It's also hate speech masquerading as news. GB News is the UK equivalent of the USA's Fox News.

  • Stellar
    Stellar Online Community Member Posts: 342 Pioneering

    Yes, it's scaremongering. GB News is propaganda masquerading as news. It's not credible and you're better off not assuming anything they say is true.

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,215 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    GB News had a state side launch party last night, as they're expanding into the USA and will be streaming on President Trumps' Truth Social plus platform.

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