Stockton residents being filmed for Benefits Street are being urged by their MP to quit the controversial TV show.
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has written to every resident of Kingston Road asking them to “think again” about taking part in the Channel 4 documentary.
The Labour MP has already suggested the makers of the programme, Love Productions, should “get out of the town” after accusing them of setting people up for “entertainment purposes only”.
And yesterday he paid a visit to the street in Tilery to make sure residents “understand exactly what they have got themselves into.”
He said: “I spoke with several residents who told me they and their neighbours were opposed to the programme and wanted no part of it.
“They said just a few people wanted…
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