Workers Reliant On Housing Benefit Jumps By 75%

The number of working people in the Black Country who rely on housing benefit has jumped by 75 per cent in four years, new figures show. Official DWP statistics show that the number of employed people in receipt of housing benefit has gone up from 10,627 in 2010 to 18,640 last year. The total number of people receiving the benefit, however, went up by just two per cent. Read more on the Express & Star website.