Bring back Workhouses!

[Eric Mc]

musclecarmad said:

if i had no savings for example, rent of £800 per month and no income as i got sacked from work what would i be entitled to. Say I got sacked and then I got a long term illness such as depression as that's hard to diagnose.

would i get motability - ie a car
would i get my rent paid
would i get free council tax
would i get housing benefit
would i get disability living allowance?
what about if I fathered a child to some local tart?

i'm thinking about giving up work and having "nothing" in savings and renting a house just before i get depressed.

how much would i get? enough to go to tenerife a lot and do the odd job tax free?

serious question - i'm interested to know.

it seems i'd get free rent, free council tax, free car and free income and maybe some more for having a child and no stress - I may do it!

Why don't you ask somewhere where they might know such things, like the CAB or

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm