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The UK cities the place the best proportion of locals are claiming advantages have been revealed. Seaside areas on the east coast of England have been recognized as the advantages capitals of Britain, the place almost half of residents declare handouts from the state. East Lindsey, which incorporates the Lincolnshire resort of Skegness, heads the checklist of advantages hotspots. Official figures present 145,183 folks within the space declare advantages – which is 49.2% of the native inhabitants.

It is one in every of eight areas the place greater than 45% of locals are on advantages, almost all of them areas which embrace seaside resorts. Tendring in Essex, house to Clacton-on-Sea, is ranked second the place 47.5% are claiming advantages. It’s adopted by North Norfolk and Great Yarmouth, additionally on the East coast of England.

The different areas with greater than 45% on advantages embrace vacation locations Isle of Wight, Blackpool, Rother (East Sussex) and Thanet in Kent.

The areas have been ranked by the proportion claiming one of many advantages counted below the DWP’s definition of ‘Benefit Combinations’ which cowl 23 completely different classes together with Universal Credit, state pension, housing profit and Income Support.

At the other finish of the dimensions, the college cities of Oxford and Cambridge are among the many areas with the bottom profit claimant charges. Oxford has 166,034 folks claiming one of many advantages on the checklist, which is 22.3% of the native inhabitants. Cambridge has the bottom price within the nation with 149,352 advantages claimants, precisely 20% of the inhabitants.

The Benefit Combination statistics cowl these 23 advantages:

Below is a full checklist of areas and what quantity of thier residents declare advantages, with the highest 10 containing 53 cities.