Is David Cameron a fool or a knave? Challenged by Today presenter James Naughtie on his plan to abolish housing benefit for the under-25s (including the 204,500 claimants with children), the Prime Minister implied that it could only be claimed by the unemployed. He said:
Memo to Cameron: 93% of new housing benefit claimants are in work
The PM described it as a benefit for the unemployed. But most new claims are made by in-work households.