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Charlotte Atkins challenges Conservatives
‘Taxpayer money lines drug dealers’ pockets’

By politics.co.uk staff Taxpayer money will go to drug dealers unless the Tories back plans to force drug addict benefit recipients to enter treatment, a Labour MP has said. Charlotte Atkins, MP for Staffordshire Moorlands, said the Tories were wrong to let drug users receive benefits without rehabilitation. Providing addicts with money but not requiring… Read more »

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Thousands miss out on benefits due to computer glitch
Thousands miss out on benefits due to computer glitch

By politics.co.uk staff The government has inadvertently let slip that it has been underpaying support for mortgage interest (SMI) payments to the unemployed. Households could have been underpaid by as much as £500 in support each month, due to a computer glitch. SMI is normally calculated by tracking the Bank of England base rate plus… Read more »