That a single parent having her salary topped up to over £6k shows how unaffordable family life now is

6,000 * 12 = 72k
100,000 according to the govt tax calculator, take home pay = 68.5k.

The first example would get child benefit in addition, the second would not.
The numbers in the article must be wrong though.

Hopefully I won't sound like a horrible person.

I remember seeing articles about her from when she had two kids and was struggling, next thing I know, she has 3 kids and is still complaining she's struggling.

We would love to have 3 kids but aren't sure if we'll be able to afford that with the size of house and cars we'll need for 3 kids + all the other expenses that come with it and trying to put money aside for their future.

It's kind of sad when you have the number of children you can comfortably afford and can't have the number you want but other people just keep having them and then rely on others to pay their way though it...

The first family and their Go Fund Me are a joke but are also probably too dim to realise they're being exploited by the Mirror for clicks.

Thea is a liability to her kids - violating their privacy and splashing them over the media every year or so for a few £££ or a bit of attention. Where's the kids' dad? Why is the taxpayer subsidising this man's children? Why has she chosen to repeatedly have children with a man who doesn't support her? Does she have some sort of humiliation fetish?

Your figures are much more accurate. My DP is on 120 and brings home about 5,700 after tax.

just to add he was on 80k when I met him twelve years ago and we are absolutely no better off now. Neither of us have ever been in receipt of a benefit. We’ve cut our cloth accordingly and gone from a small rental to a larger rental and then had to move an hour away to a cheaper area to buy our first home and we still live there.

This idea that people on perceived higher wages are rich just makes me laugh. I think if his salary was over 300k I’d feel rich. As it is now everything is ploughed into the mortgage, bills and child related costs. When I get both kids into secondary I can go back to working full time and we might actually make some headway again.

It doesn’t take much digging to see that Thea Jaffe splashes her circumstances and opinions all over the media, ignoring her children’s right to privacy which is bloody awful example of parenting.

The only silver lining is that I imagine it’s now backfiring massively as clear thinking people have no time for her sense of entitlement

Oh no!
Ours were very busy but they seemed to accept anyone but I guess too many people are without dentists now and so they needed to be stricter on criteria.

I hope you are able to get one soon.
My child was without a dentist for 6 years and I was willing to travel but there just was no space anywhere - it’s absolutely shocking.

The Mirror 😂.

This is rubbish.

Agree this is shocking. Why do people want this outcome?

Do you not have garnishing of wages ? Surely that would be a win socially and economically? A bit odd you don't have it. Is it bad politically for some reason?

I really hope so otherwise we are totally screwed. Nobody taking that kind of amount out of the system has any incentive to get a job.
it is total and utter madness

CMS payments don’t affect the amount of benefits being paid.

I tried this in the past, had an initial appointment wasn't taken on because the problem was severe enough. They seem to have out in place eligibility criteria to stop an influx of patients without an NHS dentist :/

Loads!! I have 2 kids and have got f**k all. No child benefit, no free hours literally nothing.
I know many people in my circle that would say the same. Proudly I may add.

She could live somewhere more affordable. She's not from Britain, let alone London so living in an expensive area is 100% a choice she has made.

True. She has worked out what she needs to do to maximise any payments from the government.

But the government needs to do something to keep those people who are on larger salaries on larger salaries. So if I assume you are on £100k, you could drop £40k on pension, pick up CB and maybe some UC (depending on kids and housing situation). It's not illegal- I don't think it's right though. Or you could just opt to work less or be in a less stressful role and pick up UC.

My understanding is that she's American and the Dad is Brazilian. And she's not in a key role, such as say a Dentist, where the UK has a severe shortage. Giving her a 3-bedroom Council Flat in central London would mean removing that property from being used for another (British?) family. So just robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I don't see the benefit to the UK of someone moving from the USA and then requiring large amounts of benefits and a council house to provide properly for their children.

In her defence she has been in the UK for 20 years. Yet I would be mortified to be interviewed complaining that I was financially struggling with my two kids; and then a few years later give further interviews complaining that I'm struggling even more now I have had a third child. It's bizarre the lack of self-awareness or personal accountability.

Coasted into a 30k job? Quite a lot of us have to work very hard indeed for 30k

If you don’t have a NHS dentist then you can go to the student dentists all for free - you don’t need to be on a low income or anything.

It is a long process but it’s the best thing I ever did.

It is shocking though that people on low wage and UC top up think they can afford 4 children and people who work and don’t get benefits can only afford and are having 1-2 🤷‍♀️
I’m a high earner and we can’t really afford 4 children

When I put my circumstances in the same calculator it says I am eligible for much more than I am - they are not accurate at all.

Everyone gets a standard rate per adult, then per child and then housing costs to a certain point.

The UC amount then reduces after you earn over a certain amount.

My friend lives in London and does not receive this.
This woman may have disabled kids but unless you see her bank account statement you cannot know this for fact.

There is always some story about how someone makes £1000s from the benefit system or how immigrants are getting mansions etc it’s to wind people up and distract them.

Assuming this isn’t a wind up. You mean your desire relies on other people funding it?

This. Men who move in with women with children get their CMS reduced. There is no impact on the CMS the woman receives for her children.

So the step dad pays less to support his children to free up money for the step children while the dad is still paying the full amount to support the same children. I don’t get it.

Thank you 🙏 haven't been able to fund an nhs dentist but I look every so often so will keep this in mind

There is no incentive to buy. Or save. Or invest.

Or work- it seems.

The UC isn't as generous if you have a mortgage, or you have savings and investments over £6k.

The government has brought in additional 2%tax on dividends, savings interest and impaired the tax efficiency of pensions. So those suckers on the actual,113k salary have been hit all ways.

Homes are available outside of central London.