Benefits bill is growing TWICE as fast as wages in most parts of the UK... so what is the picture near you?

Daily Mail - Oct 7, 2026

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Benefits bill is growing TWICE as fast as wages in most parts of the UK... so what is the picture near you?

Weight loss drug ad crackdown after controversial Mounjaro maker's campaign airs during Bake Off

Condemnation to red carpet: Anwar’s Myanmar turn draws fire, Charles says ‘RIP Asean’

White man filmed yanking black woman by her hair and beating her with belt during terrifying road rage attack

House of the Dragon star to play Poirot in murder thriller at Kent theatre

Jaguar Type 01 finally revealed and we've driven the £120k EV - this is what it's like

Top CIA boss who stashed hundreds of gold bars admits to handing secret intel to foreign official as he's charged over $195m fraud scheme

Man caught with knife in shoe at Singapore Changi airport gets 10 months' jail

Royal Family GP, 45, killed while hosting kids' sleepover as husband charged with murder

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