To think that if lone parents are switched from income support to jsa

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when their youngest child is 5, and with the lack of job opportunities, child care isn't cheap and the fear and threat of sanctions then this will just encourage women to go out and keep getting pregnant every few years to remain entitled to income support.
Please believe me this is not a debate about which is best sahm or working mums. I believe it should be a personal choice. My choice was to work. However I really don't think the government have thought this policy through.

I don't think going through a pregnancy, along with all its risks and then going through the trial of giving birth and then having the worry of another dependent is something that women actually really in real life do to get an extra few quid and the job centre off their backs for a while. Seriously.

I know a few mums like this who have 3 or 4 children with 5 year intervals. I think they are mad. But yes, in some cases it encourages people on income support to keep having DCs and therefore increases rather than decreases the benefits bill.

I think income support should stop when the baby is 1, if not then the ML and income support needs to be in line with each other.

So what would you suggest instead op?

ICanSeeTheSun, that would be a much better idea. Then just like subsequent children, if you don't return to work to requalify for maternity you don't get any extra assistance. That would stop those that are "single" having another child to get round the restrictions of IS. It also puts all mothers on the same footing.

I was married for 20 years, 3 children 13, 11 & 2 when my partner left. I have always worked full time since leaving school now 45 but changed to part time when youngest was born - had no idea that husband would leave when my child was 2. I still carried on working but was on low pay so was topped up by about £20 income support - it is very difficult getting kids to school when there schools are 10 miles away (two different schools in the country) I am now seeking full time as youngest starts in sept - everyone's circumstances are different I never thought I would be in my situation - had I of known would not has 3rd - it's very easy to judge when your not put in that situation - not everyone is sponging of the government but sometimes they have no other choice.

I dont know anybody that would keep going through pregancys to get the money you get from income support (witch is hardly anythink)

Most peopl done choose to be lone parents and most people dont choose to be on income support.

didn't choose to be made redundant during pregnancy did not choose to be a single parent did not choose to have a sick kid the NHS said they would give major surgery too and failed to do this for 6 years did not choose to care for my nan either its called support for a reason

Sorry if I am mistaken op but did you not post something similar a few days ago? If so you seem overly concerned. .

I think you are being ridiculous

Me being ridiculous. I didn't bring these rules out, I can't legislate how people think and I've actually seen what I have written about with my own eyes.
Frog. I may be a lot of things but a liar isn't one of them!!!!!. R.e being a working mum

Where did I call you a porky pie-er ? I just asked if you if you had posted on a similar thread and apologised if I had been mistaken. .

Sorry frog. I read your comment the wrong way.

Gosh op, you are a bit touchy

She's not touchy, she's ridiculous

I have seen it with my own eyes

Oh crap, I best go and get pregnant my dc has just turned 5, if thats what us lone parents do

A couple of women i went to school with discussed on facebook they'd have other kids so they can stay at home. To be fair though when they're only likely to get minimum wage jobs and with the cost of childcare now, you can hardly blame them.

Not more poorly thought out 'solutions' to the 'welfare crises'

These threads are just so dim.

Nothing is worked out properly. There are never any facts, no links to research, no follow through.
Just idiotic half baked spouting based on the op believing everything they read in the tabloids.

It makes me embarrassed to be linked to this forum.

Exacly devere

Devere . As welcome as you on here. I never invited you on to my thread.

You are not being ridiculous OP. My SIL has done exactly this. Not because she is greedy or a sponger, but because she was generally better off to. When oldest went to school she expected to get a job straight away, sadly for her a term time/school time job didn't fall into her lap and nobody offered her free childcare in out of school times!
I'm not saying I agree with what she did but I understand why she chose to do it.

Op I think you need to get a life...... And but out of other peoples!