Central Grimsby has been named Britain’s "worklessness capital," with over half of its working-age population relying on out-of-work benefits.
A Channel 4 documentary reveals that 53% of residents in Grimsby’s East Marsh and Port area were on welfare earlier this year. Of those, 33% claim sickness benefits, 11% receive jobseeker’s allowance, and 9% rely on other forms of support.
Life expectancy in the area is just 70 years—12 years below the national average—with over half of residents living in social housing.
Other hotspots for benefit claims include central Blackpool (51%), central Birkenhead (47%), and Drumchapel North in Glasgow (46%).
Kevin O’Sullivan speaks with a local business owner in Grimsby, Chris Carr.
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