BRITAIN IS BROKEN BRITAIN NEEDS REFORM IN NORTH EAST CAN BE FUN FOR ANYONE

We adopt a ‘cultural political economic system’ approach to study the cultural and political crafting of ‘benefit brood’ households in the wider community sphere, to look at the mechanisms by which anti-welfare sen- timents are made and mediated. Via a circumstance study of Mick Philpott, we show how ‘Added benefits broods’ work both of