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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Bill Bowkett

Revealed: Unemployed people on sickness benefits paid £2,500 more than minimum wage workers

Unemployed people on benefits will receive £2,500 more a year than a minimum wage worker, analysis reveals.

Those who are jobless on sickness payments are due to overtake taxpayers on the national living wage who will earn less after tax.

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