As may be seen in the selection of front pages below (all of them published over the past five years), British right-wing tabloid newspapers have long made it a specialty to denounce ‘welfare dependency,’ demand restrictions on social assistance, if not an end to it altogether, often by cherry-picking somewhat outlandish cases of social security abuse or fraud, and all but crucifying the said ‘scroungers,’ ‘moochers’ and ‘welfies’…

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The Sunday Express, August 2011

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The Sun, March 2013

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The Daily Mail, April 2013

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The Sun, October 2013

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The Daily Express, January 2014

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The Daily Express, February 2014

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The Daily Express, May 2014

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