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Who Are the People on Benefits?

Anastasia Richardson | Posted 11.06.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK, Poverty, Welfare Reform, David Cameron, Welfare State, Unemployment Benefits, Social Security Benefits, Mick Philpott, UK-Issues, Benefit Cuts, UK Universities & Education News
Anastasia Richardson

So who are the people on benefits, really? The answer actually seems to be most of us. 64% of families, and about 30million individual people - half the total population of the UK. The people on benefits are our friends, colleagues and neighbours, our families, ourselves.

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Universal Credit 'Late And Over Budget'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Benefits, UK News, Universal Credit, Social Security, Social Security Benefits, Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Cuts, Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance, UK Politics News

The Government's flagship universal credit is late and £100m over budget, Labour claimed on Monday. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith ...

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