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Housing benefit freeze under pressure as rents rocket across united kingdom | Bradford Telegraph and Argus

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There is increasing pressure to lift the housing benefit freeze in the United Kingdom due to rapidly rising rents. This situation highlights a growing social and economic challenge affecting housing affordability.

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