DP asking me to commit benefit fraud

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DP is asking me to claim for benefits under the guise of a single person. Of course I am not as we have been living together and have one DC.

I don't want to do this for obvious reasons but he won't stop pestering me to do it

Nope. Not considering he is living there full time, you'll get caught. They aren't slow to pick up on these things. I'd be concerned that my partner was pestering me to do something like that. What other shit does he think is acceptable, besides asking his partner to risk going to jail in order to save him a buck or two? :/

Put your info in here and check you are getting what you should.
www.entitledto.co.uk/

If the other family are receiving £600 a month they've either got many children (CB is £20 for the first child, and £14 for subsequent children), or one or more of their children has a disability (DLA is not means tested).

Oh Lord, read some of the previous posts on here and don't do it!! People get caught all the time!!

Actually I think you should claim as a single parent, just as soon as you've got rid of the scumbag

^ this with bells on

So what are you asking?

My relative did and got caught, got 2 years for fraud, irrespective of having just given birth to a baby in SCBU

Not really sure why you are asking if you are being unreasonable 🤷🏻‍♀️ Do you think anyone on Mumsnet is going to say that it’s ok to commit fraud.

How can you be with someone who thinks so little of you and your children?
Is your bar so low because of a bad upbringing? It doen't have to be like this, there are decent men out there, honestly.

It is a sad indictment of our country that rather than finding a way of making more money (eg by getting a promotion, better paid job, or taking more hours) he wants you to commit benefit fraud.

He sounds like one of life's losers.

Do not do it. You'll get into trouble. If he wants to commit fraud let him do it himself, it's outrageous that he would even think to ask you to do that.

dump him. claim for real.

tell him to claim it, bet he'd change his tune then.

wow he's certainly not got your back, how much is he estimating your freedom is worth?

Get rid of him.

Hope you stick to your guns and don't give in OP, it will be you risking everything

I'm obviously not going to do it but out of curiosity, how do they find out whether you are actually single or not?

You can do much better than him, and his cowardly inability to take responsibility for his stupid criminal ideas.

Not worth the risk. There was a derry woman jailed for 6 mths couple yrs ago. 47k she defrauded them of, til they caught on. She had failed to report new partner living with her.

My ex wanted me to do a similar thing. I had my own council place and wanted me to live at his but only if I kept mine and rented it out. I would never do anything like that . Lots of people do though

I am surprised you would want to be with such a lowlife

If your "D"P lives with you, presumably he has financial links to your home. It would be really very easy for HMRC or the DWP to find out and investigate your single claim.

To echo absolutely everyone else - do not do it.

Don’t do it , you’ll be the one to suffer if they catch you . And no they don’t catch everyone but it’s not a risk I would not be willing to take . Can one of you get an evening or weekend job if things are tight ?
I know of several families doing this through my work . The mum is “ single “ with several children to the same father, there is never any mention of the father on sm and neither does he do any school pick ups etc . Letters are set by the school to two separate addresses etc etc . Usually the father’s mother’s resident. It’s a lot more common than people realise .

Residence

I’m amazed people are telling you not to do it. Because here on MN, if anyone asks if they should report someone who is committing benefit fraud, they’re told to mind their own business! So if you do decide to do it, you can rest assured that no MNer will ever report you.

My personal view - don’t do it, it’s wrong.