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Public 'want controls' on how recipients spend welfare cash

Polling for a leading think-tank shows majority of people want the Government to control how welfare recipients spend benefit cash.

An overwhelming majority of people want the Government to control how welfare recipients spend benefits cash, polling for a leading think-tank has revealed.

According to a public attitudes survey of 2,052 adults commissioned by Demos, almost nine out of 10 people (87%) approve limiting how at least one group of claimants spend their money.

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