Labour Oldham love to tell us about the broken Universal Credit system but are not so quick at pointing out which areas are claiming the most

Labour constantly complain about the broken Universal Credit system but never mention which Oldham areas are making the most claims so here is a graph we downloaded from the Department for Work and Pensions with the latest figures for March 2018. Top claimant area is 035 Werneth & Coppice then it is 014 St Mary’s & Coldhurst, 016 Coldhurst, 029 Hathershaw, 022 St Mary’s, 024 Alexandra, Werneth, Hathershaw. The area with the least claims is 015 area which is the Foxdenton area of central Chadderton.

Universal Credit claims by Oldham MSOA

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