Nick Hewer, Mountford's co presenter, said he hoped the programme had challenged the idea that benefit claiming was a chosen lifestyle. "The only thing we were interested in was taking an honest and balanced view and trying to redress the general condemnation of benefits claimants that is happening at the moment," he said. "Frankly we are all bloody lucky we are not benefit claimants because if you are out of a job what are you meant to do?".
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