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7 days ago

Voting in Keir Starmer was a big mistake... the Budget opens the floodgates for handouts: Benefits Street star White Dee's withering verdict on Rachel Reeves's welfare bonanza ⊕⊕

White Dee, 54, as she is better known, famously said her friends and neighbours in the 'welfare ghetto' of Birmingham 's James Turner Street were simply claiming what they were entitled to.

9 days ago

What residents of TV's Benefits Street say about Reeves' welfare bonanza: From 'more money is good news' to 'they're getting free money' ⊕⊕

So what do today's inhabitants of Benefits Street in Birmingham - 11 years on from that now-infamous documentary - really think of the Chancellor's cash grab?

Reeves dismisses Tory claims of ‘Benefits Street budget’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says 60% of families that will be better off after the two-child limit is scrapped are in work

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10 days ago

With a smirk that says if you work hard and save prudently I'm coming for you, Reeves launches 43 tax rises in spiteful raids on strivers - to lavish billions on Benefits Street

The Chancellor shattered Labour's manifesto pledges on tax with a £13 billion freeze on income tax and National Insurance thresholds lasting three years.

10 months ago

Go Back to Where You Came From: this in-your-face asylum seeker experiment is deeply cringe-inducing TV

Participants in Channel 4’s new show recreate the journeys made by refugees for entertainment. It’s awkward watching, and feels like a pointless endeavour

Channel 4 is often criticised for not being t…

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