Hmm it's a nice life on benefits it seems

If she gets a job, the benefits will be reduced but she will still get something. I work full time but could claim tax credits if my income was below I think its £13K to make up for the short fall. Don't forget she can get free cavity wall insulation because she is claiming benefits I get knocks on the door weekly during the summer offering free cavity wall and loft insulation but as soon as they ask if there is anyone in the house claiming benefits and I answer no they seem shocked that there is a house where everyone in it goes out to work.
 
wack61 said:
If it's true that by working she'll be on less money you can't blame her for not working, that's the problem, if she's able to maintain a lifestyle that most people in low paid work would aspire to and would be worse off by working it's the system that's at fault.

Benefits should be a safety net, not a lifestyle choice
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Things have been tightened up since I worked at the (as it was then) DHSS, back in the 80s anyone on benefits who was given a council house could claim just under £1300 for house furnishings without having to pay it back.

Not only did they get money for the likes of a cooker, settee etc but these items only had to be guaranteed for 1 year, so a new claim could be lodged every 12 months for most of the items - including wallpaper and lightbulbs...
 
barneyrubble said:
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And it's not just £252 is it. Add in the Rent for the 3 Bed house (lets guess at £500/month), plus council tax, and you're a lot closer to £400 a week, tax free. Puts a slightly different slant on it perhaps?

£400 a week after tax puts you on a level with the average "Working" income in the UK :bonk::bonk::bonk::bonk:
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I think that is conservative. A three bed house around here will set you back £700 a month and then some, council tax on that will be around £150 a month. Her kids get free school meals (thats got to be worth another £25 a week to her) and probably a school uniform allowance that equates to around £28 per month each.

Add that together and it gives her an income of around £27,000

BUT

if she were working to earn that she would be paying tax on it ... so she would have £35,069 before tax so around £38,500 before N.I. deductions .... that puts her in a higher tax bracket so that figure is conservative too.

For you to have the same sort of standard of living as her, you'd have to earn £740.00 per week before deductions. (and she's got no travelling expenses to and from work)

The system needs an overhaul.
 
This family from Wythenshawe take the biscuit when it comes to benefits

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A family of 16 has revealed they are better off staying at home and claiming benefits than getting a job. Mother-of-fourteen Dawn Cain, who is expecting her 15th baby in April, and husband Sean are given £36,847 in tax-free benefits a year.

Mr Cain, 41, a former landscape gardener, has been out of work since 2003 when he took time off to help his wife care for their children. But he soon realised his family was better off claiming benefits than if he worked.
'With the social giving us £700 a week, why should I work for anything less?' he told the News of the World.

'There's no point me even trying to look for a job. I've got a family of 15 to support. I'm better off staying at home and helping Dawn with the kids.
'People could call us scroungers but what would they do in the same situation?'
Rent on the Cains's home in Wythenshawe, Manchester, is paid for them and they do not have to pay their £1,023-a-year council tax.
They get £7,176 in child benefit, £22,828 in child tax credits and free school dinners for eight of their children worth £1,920.
Mr Cain also receives £3,900 in Jobseeker's Allowance.
The total amount is £36,847 a year, equivalent to someone earning a gross salary of £51,500. Britain's average salary is £21,320.
Mrs Cain, who has not worked since she was 18, added: 'I'm a good mum. I breastfed them all and with each one I learn a bit more, so I think, "well why not have another one?" 'I look after my kids well and make sure we get by. And every Christmas I make sure they get everything they want.'

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Maybe they should buy a TV or a camera so they have something else to do. She has spent over 10 years of her life pregnant. If I went for job seekers I would get it for a few month then told thats it how the hell has he been able to get it since 2003?
 
Can I get Eileens bits back from her hystorectomy and start breeding again............give me £300 a week I wouldnt complain as a worker

as for him ...........make him work or his family lose the money.........simple
 
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Adamski said:
'There's no point me even trying to look for a job. I've got a family of 15 to support. I'm better off staying at home and helping Dawn with the kids.
'People could call us scroungers but what would they do in the same situation?'
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Err, not had 15 kids that I didn't have the means to support? It's time we brought back the stocks. If we have no choice but to fund these dodgers then we should at least get the opportunity to pelt them with fruit :clap::bat:
 
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