More than one million working people are now in receipt
of housing benefit, new figures have revealed. DWP analysis shows that
1,058,570 people who were 'in work' claimed HB in May 2014, a 61% increase on
May 2010 when the coalition was formed. It means that of the 4.99 million
people in receipt of HB in May 2014, 21% were in some form of employment. Download the figures from the DWP website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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