Benefits Street: 10 things you may have missed
If you are part of the army of people condemning Benefits Street without watching it, here are 10 things that you missed and four million people saw.
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This is the story of Poppy Noor, a young woman who says she only made it to Cambridge because she got benefits.
Is immigration securing the future of the United Kingdom’s young people – or destroying it? Students at Bridgend College in Wales debate.
The work and pensions secretary defends the coalition’s welfare reforms, which he says are making people feel “more secure” about the future.
Residents of “Benefits Street” tell Channel 4 News why they are so angry at how they were portrayed, as Channel 4 announces a live debate will be broadcast after the final episode of Benefits Street.
If you are part of the army of people condemning Benefits Street without watching it, here are 10 things that you missed and four million people saw.
Benefits Street, a Channel 4 show looking at the lives of benefits claimants in Birmingham, triggers police investigations, a flood of complaints and a row over whether the participants were tricked.
No English, no benefits, today’s headlines would have us believe. But the truth about the latest crackdown on “benefit tourism” is not that simple.
Migrants will be questioned about their English language skills before being able to claim income-related benefits.
Is the latest “crackdown” on Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants claiming benefits in the UK all it’s cracked up to be? FactCheck finds out.
David Cameron’s plans to make it harder to stop new arrivals from the EU getting out-of-work benefits for three months in a bid crack down on immigration have been criticised by a top EU official.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says Labour would not consider scrapping out-of-work benefits for people under 25, after it was suggested by the IPPR think tank.
The benefits of the proposed £50bn HS2 high-speed rail line will not be as great as previously thought because of increased costs, according to a report.
The new benefits cap, meaning couples and lone parents can receive no more than £500 a week from the state, is rolled out from Monday. But David Cameron’s Twitter endorsement of the cap backfires.
Do we really need another benefits cap? How will it work – and is it right to exclude pensioners?
A new disability benefit is being rolled out across Britain – but there are concerns that the changes could see some disabled people lose out on support.