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Attempting to justify their cuts to the welfare state, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and Chancellor George Osborne have both argued that people are often better off on benefits than they are in work.
However, to paraphrase Edmund Blackadder, there is one tiny flaw with this assertion - it's bollocks.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's head of poverty Chris Goulden recently noted that the "better off on welfare" claim is one of the most persistent myths about poverty in Britain.
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In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE