CASSIE, 17 "About five weeks ago I moved into a hostel. I was living on only £30 a week and paying £12 a week on travel to get to work. I was a sales assistant but had to give my job up. I was relieved because I was having to spend £12 a week of money I didn't have to get to work, but gutted because I wasn't getting my own money and I was having to live on benefits. I'm...
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Child Poverty Special Report: Stuck on benefits
Five young women from a YWCA project in Kent talk candidly about their life on benefits. Ruth Smith reports.
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