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AIBU that the benefit cap is actually a cut on child benefit?

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ChickenLickn · 02/02/2012 19:39

This family would be affected by the cap. The family is made up of two parents who have combined their families and taken responsibility for their children - so there are 6 children in the family.

As the graph shows, most of their income is child benefit.
They spend the majority of the money on food for the family of 8. The next largest outgoing is for school uniform, shoes, other school expenses and clothing. So they are taking good care of the children.

They all live in an overcrowded 3 bed house, on a council estate in north wales.

The amount they will lose from the cap is more than the cost of their rent.

AIBU that this cap is actually a cut in child benefit, and will penalise people who are trying to bring up their children properly?

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ChickenLickn · 02/02/2012 19:57

Thats not much divided by 8 people Amateur.

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mumblechum1 · 02/02/2012 19:57

Why hasn't he got off his ass and got a job stacking shelves since 2001? Or retrained, he was a software programmer so clearly has a brain in his head.

Amateurish · 02/02/2012 19:55

Actually, it will be the housing benefit that will be cut.

Amateurish · 02/02/2012 19:54

I do see what you mean, but my sympathy is severley limited given how much they spend on beer, fags and sky. Even with the cap, they will still have £20k net to live on after their rent.

ChickenLickn · 02/02/2012 19:51

Tupperware - that is exactly what this 'reform' will push people to do - effectively breaking up families.

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ChickenLickn · 02/02/2012 19:50

It is exactly the child benefit that is being cut. It would be an even bigger cut if one of the children was disabled, for example.

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lockets · 02/02/2012 19:50

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TupperwareTwat · 02/02/2012 19:50

They would be financially better off living apart and claiming as separate families. I wonder if this is the way people will get round the changes?

lockets · 02/02/2012 19:49

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GypsyMoth · 02/02/2012 19:41

There is always someone who is penalised