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Inside UK benefits capital where jobless locals live off ‘PIP trips’ and vodka-swigging teens torch bins

Inside UK benefits capital where jobless locals live off ‘PIP trips’ and vodka-swigging teens torch bins

ITS rolling valleys and picturesque countryside attract more than half a million tourists a year. But despite its rich heritage as a coal and steel-mining area, pockets of deprivation have earned this borough the title of the most anxious place in the UK. One in 30 people in Blaenau Gwent, south Wales, claim PIP benefits […]

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