Anyone with kids (or who is ill and is in at least LCW) can earn £400 a month without the taper kicking in, and of course you don't pay tax or NI either. Do they bother? No. There is quite a resistan… (View Post)

The pittance bit isn't always true. Benefits are cumulative, some people get quite a good living out of them, certainly if your sights are set reasonably low. Add up UC, the kids element (which is mo… (View Post)

My experience is that the vast majority of lone parents on UC are lone parents due to marital breakup. That probably varies due to the demographic nature of the local area though. Parental contributi… (View Post)

The problem is that benefits aren't being used as a safety net, they are being used to support families long-term (View Post)

Private Eye used to call him Botney (View Post)