Residents living near the new setting for Benefits Street have been left outraged by housing bosses who they say have given it a makeover to impress new visitors. Kingston Road in Stockton is the backdrop for the latest series of the Channel 4 documentary which divided opinion with its debut in Birmingham's James Turner Street. The programme follows the lives of a handful of benefits claimants and last year split public opinion with many accusing producers of promoting 'poverty tourism'. Workmen have been seen on Kingston Road in Stockton, the setting for the newest series of Benefits Street Angry neighbours claim housing bosses have ordered the makeover in anticipation of the show's releaseResidents in Stockton's Kingston Road are followed in the newest seriesFilming has finished on the street with just weeks to go until it is airedBut neighbours say housing bosses have spruced it up before releaseThey accused Thirteen Group of trying to improve conditions for visitors
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