Three quarters of the £12billion rise in Britain’s benefits bill since the election has been in Labour constituencies, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Labour has been accused of being ‘trapped by its own welfare politics’ after it emerged £8.8billion of the £12billion increase in welfare spending has flooded into Labour-held seats.
It comes as Labour’s benefits tsar urged on Thursday for children to be introduced to the world of work from primary school to avoid going on the dole later in life.
According to new analysis from the TaxPayers’ Alliance, 15 constituencies saw benefit spending rising by more than £50 million from August
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