Benefits rates could vary according to where someone lives, under welfare changes David Cameron is considering.
No 10 says the prime minister wants to look at whether it still "makes sense" to set payments at a national level, given differing regional pay levels. Although he dropped the idea from the final text of his speech on welfare, No 10 says it is among ideas which also includes cutting benefits over time. The PM said he wanted to debate the ideas for the next Tory manifesto. But he said he also hoped that his coalition government partners, the Lib Dems, might agree with some of the ideas so they could be brought in before the next election, which is due in 2015. Mr Cameron's speech is being seen as an attempt to reconnect with disgruntled Tory backbenchers who have accused him of allowing the Liberal Democrats to water down traditional party values....Read more here: Benefits rates may depend on where you live, No 10 suggests