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Originally Posted by Taf
But then again I know of a group who make damned sure they don't work more than 16 hours in order to get maximum benefits for minimal work.
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The news has hit some Czech Romas I know and they have been phoning me trying to find out what it will mean to them.
I told the first I had no idea what he was on about, the second gave me the BBC link, the third was almost crying.... he said he gets "about" £16,000 pa from WFTC and "about" £3000 Child Benefit (5 children) and a drop would mean he could not feed his family!!
What are they spending their money on?
I told the third one that the Benefits cap is the one that will hit him hardest, as Housing Benefit (his rent is £950 pm) and Community Charge Benefit are included in it (so far). I think he did actually start crying when I said the cap would be set at £26,000.
He was not well-chuffed to hear about that!