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Powell: Jobless don't spend benefits on luxuries
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Education Secretary Lucy Powell claimed that jobless people do not use benefits for gambling and alcohol, saying welfare recipients spend their 'very little' money on rent and household bills. Her comments come amid Conservative plans to prevent 'professional scroungers' from spending benefits on booze and cigarettes.
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