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I don't know anyone who even earns or gets £500 a week of benefits.
This is aimed mainly at London where certain boroughs want to drive out council tenants to other parts of the country outside of London so they can sell off or charge huge rents on these potentially very valuable properties.

I worked for 18 years doing a job I loved until I was medically retired and now have to live off the work medical pension I put into all those years. Now I have just under £250 per week to live on and can't claim any benefits or concessions such as free prescriptions or housing allowance. I would have been better off not to work myself into a debilitating illness for 18 years and just claimed the dole all that time but that isn't the way I was brought up. We should all contribute to society not take as much as we can. I find it hard to take when someone similar to me i.e single person is taking money which has only JUST been CAPPED to £350 per week. They have £400 per month more than me and get access to free training, prescriptions, etc. Sorry, rant over.

Perhaps Pablo's tone leaves a lot to be desired but seriously I completely understand his point.

Benefits should be there for emergency support when you lose your job, not to be relied on for living.

I was working, was made redundant had benefits that paid my rent etc for up to 13 weeks. That was enough time to either find another job (which thankfully I did) or to downsize and move somewhere less expensive. I appreciated it.

Expectations of people in this country of the state essentially looking after them because people 'deserve it' really upsets me.

Sell the chips of your shoulder Frank, you will make a fortune.

I am a pensioner, who has worked hard all my life like most people of my generation, I receive the state pension,including what they call pension credit this amounts to £140.00 a week, I'm entitled to a 75% reduction off the council tax, and a free bus pass, I'm responsible for all the bills including maintenance of my house, which becomes more expensive each day.
If I received half of the lower amount your talking about for a single person, I'd still be financially better off than I am now.

No not because they have an opinion but because its plain to see take a look at Pablo's posts I have been around on the internet long enough to know a troll and someone who is genuine.

£500 a week? A Disgrace, My family of four survive on less and we both work our asses off to pay for scroungers.

Does anyone on here actually know anyone that gets these huge benefits that are quoted?
It's like saying the national average wage is £31,200 (about £600 a week) for men, so all the men working here are earning £600 a week

Nope, not even someone who knows someone....

I am a pensioner too. My state pension amounts £495 every 4 weeks. I paid into a private pension for a while which gives an extra £22 per week. My total weekly amount is £145.75 and therefore I am not entitled to any pension credits, or reduced council tax, or benefits of any description and my council tax is £125 per month for starters.

I don't think that is what people are getting annoyed at. I think it's the fact that people are complaining that its been capped at these amounts. I personally work a 60 hour week and earn around £1500 a month. So if someone was on the £500 a week cap they would actually be earning more than someone who works 10 hours a day. Which I personally think is unfair.

I'm not getting into an debate I'm simply saying that people aren't getting annoyed because they don't know anyone who earns up to that much in benefits but they are getting annoyed because people are complaining about a system that was brought in to support those in need.

Does anyone know if someone does receive £500+ in benefit does that figure include child benefit. My thinking being that to get £500+ in benefits you would probably have to have four children. This would give a child benefit award of £60 pw a figure i think most people are still able to claim.

£495 every four weeks state pension, looks like it includes some pension credit

I agree with every word Pablo has said.

Well done, I don't quite think you understood where I was coming from take a look at his posts and too me anyway its quite clear he is a troll not because he has an opinion as everyone has one of them.