Benefits Cap

[KimberleyChris]

26k???...LOL if it was funny.

Me and Kim get just over £100/week between the two of us.
£300/month towards the rent, when the rent is actually £450.
Council Tax (about £100/month) paid.

That's it.

I've got my fingers and everything else crossed about a job that pays £8 per hour. I'll jump at it.

[d000hg]

Cap it straight away and let them understand how it is to live for everyone else, if you have a large family then you should be able to support it and not rely on anyone else to do it.

Makes me laugh that the benefit cap is going to be 26k, that's 26k without paying tax or NI are you kidding me. I know families with TWO working parents who don't earn that after Tax and NI. People need to get real

If a family earns £26k and has many children, aren't they legally entitled to benefits too, meaning they don't have to live on £26k?

[Joeman]

Great plan - because people with jobs dont get a payrise and a bigger house every time they have more kids!!

[Arturo Bassick]

Great plan - because people with jobs dont get a payrise and a bigger house every time they have more kids!!

The problem is the hand wringing classes have managed to focus attention on the children. It is not fair to punish the children.

[sasguru]

26k???...LOL if it was funny.

Me and Kim get just over £100/week between the two of us.
£300/month towards the rent, when the rent is actually £450.
Council Tax (about £100/month) paid.

That's it.

I've got my fingers and everything else crossed about a job that pays £8 per hour. I'll jump at it.

Ouch.
I'm not going to complain about the >£200K income in our household ever again.

[DimPrawn]

Ouch.
I'm not going to complain about the >£200K income in our household ever again.

Before or after tax?

[sasguru]

Before or after tax?

Before.

[d000hg]

The problem is the hand wringing classes have managed to focus attention on the children. It is not fair to punish the children.

You disagree then, and suggest it is fair? Or do you have an alternative solution to benefits which protects the kids without pampering the parents?

[DimPrawn]

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Mines > £200K after tax.

Before.

[russell]

Ouch.
I'm not going to complain about the >£200K income in our household ever again.

NURSE!!! 50mg of antipsychotic drug STAT!