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A QUARTER of all benefit claimants in Copeland are having their subsidies cut because of the bedroom tax, official figures confirmed yesterday.
According to a new report by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), over 1,200 of Copeland’s less than 5,000 residents will see their benefits shrink by £15 a week.
The Cumbrian borough has the highest figure in Britain — the average is 9 per cent.
As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families