Does this make a liar of our MP, Mayor & soon to be Council Leader?

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Haven't they all said that Hartlepool is the worst affected by the welfare reforms?


10 local authorities most affected by welfare reforms

Loss for each working-age adult a year

Blackpool, north-west England: £914
Westminster, London: £821
Knowsley, north-west England: £797
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales: £722
Middlesbrough, north-east England: £717
Hartlepool, north-east England: £712
Torbay, south-west England: £704
Liverpool, north-west England: £702
Blaenau Gwent, Wales: £698
Neath Port Talbot, Wales: £696
Source: Sheffield Hallam University

Not a great position for us but better than we are continually being told. Note. Westminster, yet Drummond and co keep telling us we are subsidising the South.

We don't even figure in this one despite what our politicians tell us.



Local authorities most affected by incapacity benefit reform

Loss for each working-age adult a year

Merthyr Tydfil, Wales: £264
Blaenau Gwent, Wales: £256
Neath Port Talbot, Wales: £256
Knowsley, north-west England: £242
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, Wales: £234
Glasgow City, Scotland: £226
Caerphilly, Wales: £224
Inverclyde, Scotland: £219
Blackpool, north-west England: £217
Barrow-in-Furness, north-west England: £212
Source: Sheffield Hallam University

The town will, no doubt, be adversely affected but the point is: how can we trust our local politicians when they don't tell us the truth?