[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by the truth

a chap I know who never seems to have worked in his life, has 6 kids
he said he and his partner gets £3000 a month tax free
plus free house paid for ....various other freebees like glasses, prescriptions etc
neither him or his partner have worked in the 10 years ive known them

is this about the average?

that's £750 a week .....but with 6 kids I guess theres a lot of expenses

is this the correct information ive been given? is it morally right in your opinion?

do you agree with the £25,000 cap or should it remain as it is or be lower?

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

Check for yourself.

To me at first glance, that looks to be about 200 quid per week over what they should get. Unless they are disabled or the kids are disabled.


As for the cap I am honestly torn. As generally, the majority of peoples benefits is housing benefit (especially if they live near london) so I think a better way to do it would be to introduce rent caps. Would stop buy to let landlords ripping people off so much. And would also benefit those working too.