[Derek]

It appears Mr £53 a week may have been exaggerating things a bit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9968...-gets-156.html

It later emerged that Mr Bennett, who was back on his market stall selling household goods on Tuesday, receives £232 a month in housing benefit and £200 a month in working tax credit, triple the amount of money he quoted in the challenge to Mr Duncan Smith.
His average weekly income, including market stall earnings, is in fact £156 a week.