[Gusto Brunt]

Don't shoot me but I am reeling these figures off the top of my head after reading an article about a couple who are deemed too fat to work.

I mean she is about 22 stone (still not too fat to work in my book), and he is 26 stone (still not too fat to work). But both are classed as 'disabled'. Not my definition of disabled.

Anway, benefits wise as a couple they get around £280 per week. On top of that he gets another disability benefit of about £160 per week. And his wife who is disabled also bags £94 per week as HIS carer.

That makes a total of £534 in benefits PER week. Now get this, if you're a man or woman on the dole, you only get £73 per week in benefits. A couple I assume would be double that (doh). Still a long way short of £534.

What I don't get is WHY someone who is deemed disabled should get sheds loads more money when they're supposed to be more or less housebound.

I mean £280 per week is enough money to live on, so why therefore does he get another £160???