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North East Cambridgeshire
Constituency · 2025/26
£237,686,515
Ranked 256 of 575 by total spend
Total benefits bill · £2,266 per resident · +20.6% in 2yrs
Median local wage: £31,401 (+1.8% in 2yrs)
Universal Credit £128,386,914
£1,224 per resident · 11,255 households claiming
Personal Independence Payment £58,702,646
£560 per resident · 7,684 claimants (+16.1% in 2yrs)
These include:
Disability Living Allowance £15,878,683
£151 per resident · 2,673 claimants
Employment Support Allowance £9,406,535
£90 per resident · 1,504 claimants
Carer’s Allowance £8,791,387
£84 per resident · 2,031 claimants
Stephen Barclay Conservative · majority 7,189
PIP claimants 7,684
New Fenland Culture Fund to launch this November, with £40,000 of investment for arts, culture and heritage projects across the district’.
Please find below summaries of the latest news from our courts in August and September – click on each headline to be taken to our website to read the full story.
Fenland:
Paedophile sent sexual messages to police officer
Man jailed after years of abuse
“Dangerous” rapist jailed for attack
Shoplifter jailed for more than a year
Driver who fled fatal collision jailed
Trio sentenced after two women trapped in Wisbech home and assaulted
You can find more news, upcoming events and updates from your local teams here.
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