Jobless mum spends £2k of benefits on christmas

[Pints]

Jasandjules said:

How can she possibly "save" 3k out of 15k?

A grand a month, when you have no travel-to-work costs, is easy.

[JonnyFive]

This type of article is real fking annoying.

If shes going to be nonchalant about skiving off the state, take her off benefits. Pay for her child care and make her get a fking job.

[thinfourth2]

Cameron would be delighted to read this thread

Lots of people really really angry at the person taking your money

Not a peep about the people giving them your money


If she can save £3K a year fking good luck to her

[Doobs]

daveydave7 said:

I think she tarts on the side and charges extra for the chocolate starfish

Was she on the Great British bake off?

[JagLover]

Hoofy said:

I don't get it. She walks into the job centre once a week, they ask her, "So, how has your job seeking been going?" What does she say? "Had an interview, didn't get it." Just keep going once a week, act like a tt in said interviews, take the money? Job for life.

Single mothers on benefits have no obligation to seek work until their youngest child is 5 (it used to be 16).

Meanwhile, among those actually paying for all this, it is rare for the mother to be able to afford to take any more than a year off work.

[g3org3y]

Jasandjules said:

How can she possibly "save" 3k out of 15k?

My understanding of benefits was to provide the minimum standard of living.

Fair play that she manages to save the cash rather than credit cards, Brighthouse etc.

[Justices]

Big heads are the perfect target for decapitation. Why would you put yourself in a newspaper bragging about all of this. If you have a sweet deal for an unemployed mother of two, keep your mouth shut. Showing off all the so-called luxuries you are buying (not saving for the future of the children I see) is never going to go down well with anyone. She's like a council version Patrick Bateman rattling off all the brand names.

Can't fault a mother for wanting the best for her children, but buying "designer" clothing for kids is faintly ridiculous. Not to mention someone sponging from the government turning their nose up at Gap clothing. If the system is allowing her to have all of these things, they need to sort it out pretty quickly. Burberry and Apple won't lodging any complaints. Next and Gap might..

[Tiggsy]

You guys do realise its 90% made up don't you?

[Hoofy]

JagLover said:

Single mothers on benefits have no obligation to seek work until their youngest child is 5 (it used to be 16).

Meanwhile, among those actually paying for all this, it is rare for the mother to be able to afford to take any more than a year off work.

Oh. Great.

[Crafty_]

Hoofy said:

I don't get it. She walks into the job centre twice a year, they ask her, "So, how has your job seeking been going?" What does she say? "Had an interview, didn't get it." Just keep going twice a year, act like a tt in said interviews, take the money? Job for life.

fixed

[Hoofy]

Crafty_ said:

fixed

Twice a year? Am I missing something? Clearly. How do I get meself pregnant?

[Crafty_]

Tiggsy said:

You guys do realise its 90% made up don't you?

Would you care to explain ?

I just tried the calculator at http://www.turn2us.entitledto.co.uk
I probably answered some questions incorrectly with regards to the young lady in question, but that says £18,134.75 a year in benefits for someone who has no income/assets and two young children.

[theaxe]

Tiggsy said:

You guys do realise its 90% made up don't you?

Indeed, how much does Closer/Daily Mail pay these people for these stories? I suspect something of the order of £2k-3k. I just hope the income gets declared.

[vdp1]

Tampon said:

Tunku said:

She's exactly the right colour for broken Britain too.

Unbelievable.

True though all the same, people need to wake up and see whats wrong with this country, do they never watch crimewatch?

[turbobloke]

Article in OP said:

http://www.closeronline.co.uk/RealLife/Reallifesto...

"while the UK benefits bill has soared to a new high of £2bn this year"

That's not right, the benefits bill is £200bn (not £2bn).

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spend_sr2010_speech....

[tubbystu]

turbobloke said:

Article in OP said:

http://www.closeronline.co.uk/RealLife/Reallifesto...

"while the UK benefits bill has soared to a new high of £2bn this year"

That's not right, the benefits bill is £200bn (not £2bn).

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spend_sr2010_speech....

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story"

Mark Twain IIRC..............

[Tiggsy]

Crafty_ said:

Tiggsy said:

You guys do realise its 90% made up don't you?

Would you care to explain ?

I just tried the calculator at http://www.turn2us.entitledto.co.uk
I probably answered some questions incorrectly with regards to the young lady in question, but that says £18,134.75 a year in benefits for someone who has no income/assets and two young children.

She may be on (ball park) £15k pa but all the narrative built around that is bull st designed to get you to react the way you did. (and draw out the odd PH who likes to wear a white pointy hat at the weekend )

Living on benefits with 2 kids is a st life that goes nowhere fast. Should we re-do the system to get her off her arse, shut her legs and go to work....sure we should, but lets do that because its sensible - not because of some stupid made up crap in a womans magazine!

The way these stories work is as follows:

To get this paragraph:

"And the mum admits she treats herself as well. She says: “I go clubbing with my friends every fortnight and love having lunch at Italian restaurant Prezzo. I dress nicely as I don’t want to be labelled a ‘benefits mum.’"

The interviewer (I) does this:

I: So, this flat is a dump and your life seems a bit sucky....do you not try and get out?

Mum: My friends are great, they try and arrange some child car for me every now and then so I can get out the house and not go mad!

I: Nice, how often?

Mum: Not much, it's too expensive - I went a fortnight ago I think?

I: Nice, where?

Mum: We went to a pub as I had a voucher for a cheap drink. It was nice, bit of music was on

I: Right, like a club. What about eating out?

Mum: Are you kidding? With these two kids? That said, my Mum took me to Prezzo last year for my birthday - that was wonderful.

I: Arent you worried people look at you and think you look like a benifits mum?

Mum: I hope not....I try to dress myself and the kids as best I can. You dont need to spend a lot to look good and friends often let me have nice stuff they dont want anymore.

I: And you realize some people will say you're the wrong color?

Mum: They will where?

I: Pistonheads - we'll get you pose in front of a pile of shopping, twist all your words and make it seem like living in this st hole on £15k with 2 kids and no dad is great fun......and someone who drops more on servicing his 911 than you spend on food will say you're too not white.

Mum: Not sure I like the idea of this?

I: Shut up, heres your £900 for the story - and tidy this place up you waster.

[Deva Link]

Of course what should is that women shouldn't have kids outside of a stable relationship (let's call it marriage) and without a good family support system in place.

Even then it could go wrong, so the kids should be taken off them and given to other families.

I'm not sure, but I don't think they'd be popular moves.

[B17NNS]

Blame the system, not the person.

If she had to work hard to earn it she'd think carefully how she spent it.

[Changedmyname]

I find it hard to think that all her monies come from benefits alone.
There is something missing here.