[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by smudgie

If this lady can't manage on £900 a week, gets stuff on the knock and has no chidcare to pay for I would be astounded at how most working people would even dream they could afford it.

I didnt watch the program. But you need to remember this is one lady. One selfish ****er by the sounds of it. 900 quid a week should be enough for anyone to live on (including bankers and politicians )

I dislike how cases like this make the tv/the rags so often. Some people (mainly daily mail readers) then get it into their heads that this is a common way to live. You never hear about Mr and Mrs Smith down the road from these lot, who are struggling to get by.

Originally Posted by smudgie

My problem with the cap is this, you can not make kids starve no matter how irresponsible the parents are.
Alright to warn people this will happen but a bit late for people with larger families already.
Aren't they on about no child benefit beyond the first two kids?

I suspect if a cap came in it wouldnt affect those already claiming. Though I thought that about the 25k cap too so I could be wrong.

Even if it was just for the future though..I don't think a blanket approach helps at all. You could have someone who had, say, 5 kids when in a well paid job. Then got laid off.

You could have someone with 2, who is being careful and still falls pregnant. Is it fair to expect them to have an abortion/put kid up for adoption?

You could say they wouldnt be forced to have an abortion, and that would be true, but their current children and the expected one would suffer.

There will be, and is a minority of pisstakers in every system. But thats what it is, a minority.