Benefits

latest benefits news and features

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  'Single mum' benefit cheat lived with husband who earned up to £1500 a week while son...

  Aug 28th, 2012

  A husband and wife have appeared in court after the woman posed as a single mum to fraudulently...

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  Woman claimed £45,000 in benefits by pretending nephew was her own son after suffering a...

  Jul 25th, 2012

  Tina Belfield claimed at least £45,000 over a 10 year period by pretending she was the mother of a...

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  Absent parents to get more money docked from benefits to support their kids

  Jul 2nd, 2012

  Absent parents to have benefits cut in order to pay for their children

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  Mum-of-10 claims £50k benefits while doing full-time voluntary work

  May 29th, 2012

  A mother-of-ten who claims £50,000 in benefits has provoked outrage by declaring: “I’m better off...

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  Former Mum of the Year found guilty of £8,000 benefits fraud

  May 22nd, 2012

  A young widow who was once voted Mum of the Year has been found guilty of benefits fraud.

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  Celebrity mums Kym Marsh and Karren Brady join the fight to stop working single mums...

  Mar 14th, 2012

  Single mothers could lose up to £68 a week in benefits under plans to change the benefits system,...

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  Mum of ELEVEN says children are a blessing

  Jan 16th, 2012

  Tania Sullivan is 37 and a mum of 11. The super-mum, from Hoo in Kent, appears on the Channel 4...

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  Non-working parents with 10 or more children receive more than £60,000 a year in benefits

  Jan 9th, 2012

  Figures released by the government have revealed there are 190 families in the UK with ten or more...

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  Feckless father has 15th child - with two more babies on the way

  Nov 27th, 2011

  Jobless Jamie Cumming, branded ‘Britain’s most feckless dad’ for fathering 14 children, has had...

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