Benefits frontman thanks promoters for updating rider to include gifts for his young daughter

Benefits Street star White Dee has slammed the Channel 4 show’s producers for ‘exploiting’ the cast. The TV series, which ran for two seasons, followed the lives of Birmingham residents on ‘one of Britain’s most benefit-dependent streets’ including White Dee (real name Deidre Kelly), Samora Roberts who was known as Black Dee, and James Clarke. It gained immense popularity when it premiered in 2014, which White Dee described as a ‘Benefits Street explosion’, saying that she and her fellow James Turner street residents were suddenly ‘on the front page of many national newspapers.

Some 5.8 million people across the UK are currently claiming Universal Credit with a further estimated five million households receiving additional financial support through Working Tax Credits.

The UK’s leading fraud prevention service is highlighting the latest scams and warning everyone to stay vigilant of the ever-evolving tactics that scammers are using to steal money and information.

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for around 12.4 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots.

A benefits cheat who claimed thousands of pounds for houses in the UK while she ran a property business in Spain has been forced to sell-up and repay her ill-gotten gains.

Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will be representing the United Kingdom at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, set to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song SPACE MAN.The 31 year old hopeful will compete against the rest of Europe in the hopes of the UK being crowned the winner of the competition. Sam has some serious singing credentials already under his belt and has racked up millions of likes on social media before being selected as this year's singer. But who is the artist set to fly the flag for the UK? Let's take a look.

Naman Ramachandran Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will represent the U.K. at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song “Space Man.” With over 12 million followers and 100 million likes on TikTok, Ryder is currently the most followed U.K. music artist on the platform.

TikTok star Sam Ryder has been announced as the UK’s entry for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.

Right, so this year’s UK Eurovision entry has been announced. And my natural instinct is to be sarcastic about it. But I just listened to Scott Mills on Radio 1 desperately pleading with the nation to get behind our 2022 entry and stop being so negative about Britain’s Eurovision dabblings.

TikTok superstar Sam Ryder is set to represent the UK at Eurovision 2022 and we’ve got high hopes for him. The Essex-born singer has stunned his 12million followers with covers of Adele, Alicia Keys, and Justin Bieber songs – and now he’s headed to the world’s stage with his original song Space Man. Our only request is that he gets a wind machine for those glorious locks.

The UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 has been revealed as singer-songwriter and social media star Sam Ryder. 

TikTok star Sam Ryder is reportedly being lined up to represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.According to the The Mirror, BBC bosses are preparing to reveal the viral star as this year’s entrant with his recent single ‘Space Man’.Ryder found viral acclaim after he started posting covers and at-home karaoke tracks at the beginning of lockdown in March 2020. By the end of the year, he was crowned TikTok’s most popular artist account.With 7.7million followers and a range of famous fans including Justin Bieber and Alicia Keys, Ryder recently performed for an NME Home Sessions performance.It was announced last year that TaP Music – the global music publishing and management company behind the likes of Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey – will collaborate with the BBC to choose a track and artist to represent the UK at the Song Contest.Meanwhile, Russia was recently banned from competing in this year’s Eurovision following backlash to an earlier statement from organisers saying the country would be allowed to compete despite launching a military assault on Ukraine.Ukraine officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia, and declared martial law, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation last month.Ukraine’s entrant, Alina Pash, will also no longer represent her home country at this year’s event, the competition also recently announced.

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Young Thug has offered to help African immigrants who are currently trapped in Ukraine.Ukraine officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation last week (February 24). Many Ukrainians are now trying to escape the war zone as the fighting continues.There have also been numerous media reports of African immigrants struggling to get across borders and out of Ukraine due to a “Ukrainians first” policy.

A petition calling on the UK Government to give all legacy benefit claimants backdated payments is awaiting an official response after gaining more than 13,700 digital signatures since it launched two weeks ago.