Anger is rarely far from the surface among its opponents, who see the cuts to housing benefit paid to tenants ... external "No other local authority in Wales asked us for a penny," said Mr Webb.

The LHA rates are the maximum amount of benefit that can be paid and when it was introduced they were set at the median average of a sample of rents in a local ... housing policies here in Wales".

As with most cuts imposed by Westminster, Wales is set to suffer disproportionately due to our high number of housing benefit and DLA (Disability Living Allowance) recipients. ** Tomorrow's debate ...

Gwynedd Council wrote off the most (£428,606) after overpaying £1,748,740 in housing benefits between 2012-15. Across all of the 22 local authorities in Wales more than £70m was wrongly paid in ...