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Tories hit out at 'shocking' level of housing benefit

Tories hit out at 'shocking' level of housing benefit

The Tories highlighted official figures showing around four in 10 households in some areas receive housing benefit as evidence of a growing "dependency" on state help. Full Article at 24Dash.com

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  1. 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

  2. Housing benefit can provide valuable help to people in work or pensioners, but for too many it represents part of a broader picture of benefit dependency. Full Article at Daily Express

  3. Gordon Brown made a decent fist of contrition when he told his party last year how badly stung he had been by the 10p tax affair. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

  4. Automatic direct payments of housing benefits to private tenants in England should be stopped, the Tories say. The party says the government, which is to undertake a review, should follow its lead and change the policy. Full Article at BBC News

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