Joseph Rowntree Foundation

3,993 people in Northumberland were claiming ESA due to mental or behavioural conditions as of last summer. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Radar)

Thousands on benefits due to mental health problems

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

Benefits rise decision.

24,000 in Northumberland await benefits decision

Universal Credit recipient numbers rise.

More seeking Universal Credit help

A report published this week by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed the escalating problem of child poverty in the North East.

North East child poverty 'emergency' fears raised by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Benefits claims still high

One in 17 claim jobless benefits in Northumberland

Thousands more working age people in Northumberland are now on benefits

Virus puts thousands more on benefits in Northumberland

The increase in payments was only designed to last a year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Universal Credit payments could be decreased in April 2021 - here's why

One in 16 workers in Northumberland are on job-related benefits

One in 16 on benefits in Northumberland

Hundreds more households have been left without working occupants in Northumberland over the last decade. Picture: PA

Rise in number of Northumberland households without working occupants

Universal Credit for the low paid.

Around one in three Universal Credit claimants in Northumberland are in employme...

Hundreds of workers in Northumberland are claiming Universal Credit as their low wages are not enough to live on.

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