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One in 10 working age people in Gainsborough are claiming disability benefits, new research suggests

One in 10 working age people in Gainsborough on disability benefits

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a levelling-up White Paper in the recent Queen's Speech.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a levelling-up White Paper in the recent Queen's Speech.

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People claiming unemployment benefits is increasing (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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The increase in payments was only designed to last a year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The Department for Work and Pensions show that over 3,500 benefit claimants in East Lindsey have been moved on to Universal Credit.

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MP's column - Reduction in absolute poverty