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The state pays the rent for one in five homes in Britain

One in five homes are supported by housing benefit from the taxpayer (picture posed by model)

Four in ten households in some parts of the country have their rent paid for by the state, Whitehall figures revealed yesterday. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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