UK benefit hotspots mapped – 10 areas where 1 in 10 under 30s claim Universal Credit

Hartlepool tops the list with 15.4% of 18-29-year-olds out of work and claiming Universal Credit, followed by Blackpool and Thanet in Kent, as 662,000 young people claim UC payments across the UK

Hartlepool tops the list with 15.4% of 18-29-year-olds out of work and claiming Universal Credit, followed by Blackpool and Thanet in Kent, as 662,000 young people claim UC payments across the UK

Hartlepool tops the list with 15.4% of 18-29-year-olds out of work and claiming Universal Credit, followed by Blackpool and Thanet in Kent, as 662,000 young people claim UC payments across the UK