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The Edition: is Britain losing its sense of fairness?
Apr 10, 2026
· 48m
<p>Has Britain become a freeloader’s paradise, asks the <em>Spectator</em>’s economics editor Michael Simmons in our cover piece this week. Michael analyses ‘the benefits of benefits’, at a time when Britain’s welfare bill is burgeoning and most households are struggling with cost of living. For example, while a family of four can expect to pay £111 to visit the Tower of London, that is just £4 total on Universal Credit (UC), and for London Zoo it is £108 compared to £26. …
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