The housing benefit bill for working families is set to
soar by £1billion, new research reveals. Ministers have repeatedly pledged to
get welfare spending under control and have announced curbs on help with rent.
But the cost of subsidising tenants in homes where someone works will rise from
£5.1billion this year to £6.2billion in real terms over the next four years.
The figures from the House of Commons library are a damning indictment of the
Government inaction, Labour’s Rachel Reeves said. Ministers have repeatedly
pledged to make work pay and provide enough affordable homes but they have
failed on both fronts. Read more on the Daily Mirror website.
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