Had this happened in the private sector there would be heads rolling. As its government peeps I expect there will be a few hands slapped then all back to work as per normal and we wont mention' it ' again Wow, wow, wow and wow
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I knew I should have stuck to collecting it at the Post Office...
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I'm glad i still do- they may have my details, but not my bank account details
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How do you collect yours at the post office? they phased the "giro" books out two years ago? I never wanted mine to go into the bank but they said if I didnt give them my bank details they'd not give me child benefit.
This is a monstrous disaster - but just wait until they enforce I.D. cards on us all. How could they be so beeping stupid? Feel very angry about it. Let's march on Parliament!
Oh no, can't do that, they've banned demos outside Westminster. Welcome to incompetent, totalitarian UK plc
Oh well, if crims have got them, I wonder who will pay for any losses? Doh that will be every tax payer of course! Probably worrying about nothing.......
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I opened a Post Office account and they pay it into that - it goes in - it comes out, the account isn't used for anything else
..a handy stash of cash from time to time
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But they will still have you childrens names, DOBs and your address along with your's and their NI numbers. This is what they need for identity theft ,the bank details isn't really the big problem here.
it's still an account. My bank account is only used for Child benefit (and I never touch it), but I still had to give my children's details in order to get child benefit. DOB, address, my NI number, my DOB....
A criminal could take out credit in your name with just those details. I'm afraid it isnt just the bank details that are the concern...
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I opened a Post Office account and they pay it into that - it goes in - it comes out, the account isn't used for anything else
..a handy stash of cash from time to time
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But they will still have you childrens names, DOBs and your address along with your's and their NI numbers. This is what they need for identity theft ,the bank details isn't really the big problem here.
at least maggie WON the war we were involved in
she controlled immigration
she controlled the unions (and my family are miners and the 'protective practices' were ridiculous)
she handbagged the EU instead of handing over her hard won financial concessions back to brussels as useless tony b-liar did
and she's still good enough to be invivted to no. 10 for tea to tell gorgon brown how to run the country - shame he didn't bl**dy listen !!
i recieved a letter yesterday from the child benefit office,
it was an appologie , because all my details was on those discs,
im not a happy bunny, but i dont know what i can do about it
This is just another huge cock up by a government who don't seem to have a clue what they are doing.The government is being lead by someone who wasn't elected to his office by the people it was given to him as a parting gift from a man who was fed up of the post now he had satisfactorily made his wife a multi millionairess due to her getting a head start on the Human Rights Legislation brought in by her husband. The longer they stay in power the more above the law & above criticism they feel they are.