Originally Posted by Osem

Well it's clearly a very difficult issue and I certainly agree that the children aren't at fault and ought to be properly looked after whatever else happens. However, does that necessarily mean providing benefits the amount of which increases according to their number?

I believe the housing benefit figure quoted above is the maximum payable under the current 'system' so what happens to the children if their parents decide to carry on issuing forth and run out of room all over again? Surely, sooner or later the state would be forced to intervene and take the children away as happened in the case of the woman who had 13 children taken into care.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/59...ant-again.html

I know these are extreme cases but in such circumstances is there ever an argument for the state taking action to prevent such people having more children in the first place?