Is GB news right or panic scareing

Andi66
Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,469 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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  • Girl_No1
    Girl_No1 Community Member Posts: 413 Trailblazing

    It very much sounds like scaremongering.

    What site was the information from?

  • Ray212
    Ray212 Community Member Posts: 735 Empowering

    Sounds nonsense

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,469 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 Community Member Posts: 1,411 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.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,469 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1064628#Comment_1064628

    It came on my Facebook feed

  • Stellar
    Stellar Community Member Posts: 616 Trailblazing

    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 Community Member Posts: 616 Trailblazing

    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_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    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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