Think tank identifies three thousand English and Welsh welfare hotspots

The Centre for Social Justice has identified 3,000 welfare hotspots across England and Wales, the Daily Mail reported. In these areas, at least half of all working-age residents claim out-of-work benefits. [1]

According to the Daily Mail, analysis shows that unemployed benefit claimants now outnumber employed workers in thousands of British neighbourhoods. More than 150 neighbourhoods recorded out-of-work benefit rates exceeding 80 percent. [1]

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith stated that the figures demonstrate how unemployment has gradually become accepted as a fact of life since the pandemic, the Daily Mail reported. [1]

British media coverage of welfare dependencies includes the television series Benefits Street. The Channel 4 documentary series followed the lives of benefit claimants and depicted individuals dependent on state support. [2]