Benefit claimants how do they afford to go on nice holidays?

Don't believe the bull you see on those benefits estate program's on channel 4 and 5 or in the daily mail, there right wing Tory propaganda to support benefit cuts, harsher sanctions and cruel benefit reforms.


The truth is how can anyone afford to eat on £70 a week JSA benefit let alone afford a holiday? Not to mention the hoops people have jump through to get their measly £70 dole. Few benefit claimants make it beyond 6 months without getting a 3 month sanction for some petty reason, because of sanction targets. Yes they will even threaten to sanction people who ask to cancel a Jobcentre appointment because they've a job interview!
Add to that bedroom tax, Housing benefit cap which means JSA has to pay rent because the HB may not be enough to pay extortionate rents!

The reality of benefits is not holidays, luxury cars huge plasma screen TVs like you see on those stupid benefits program's on c4 and 5. The reality is food banks, payday loans, debt, pawn shops, starvation, child poverty and homelessness. Except that's never shown.

BRITISH people should get MORE benefits its a disgrace how much this government gives in FOREIGN AID we should be prioritising are OWN POOR do you agree with me or not

Don't believe the bull you see on those benefits estate program's on channel 4 and 5 or in the daily mail, there right wing Tory propaganda to support benefit cuts, harsher sanctions and cruel benefit reforms.


The truth is how can anyone afford to eat on £70 a week JSA benefit let alone afford a holiday? Not to mention the hoops people have jump through to get their measly £70 dole. Few benefit claimants make it beyond 6 months without getting a 3 month sanction for some petty reason, because of sanction targets. Yes they will even threaten to sanction people who ask to cancel a Jobcentre appointment because they've a job interview!
Add to that bedroom tax, Housing benefit cap which means JSA has to pay rent because the HB may not be enough to pay extortionate rents!

The reality of benefits is not holidays, luxury cars huge plasma screen TVs like you see on those stupid benefits program's on c4 and 5. The reality is food banks, payday loans, debt, pawn shops, starvation, child poverty and homelessness. Except that's never shown.

So...I know a couple of benefits claiming families and every year they go on nice holidays baring in mind they have no one working in their families....and I'm not talking about the average holiday to Spain these people go on holiday to places like Dubai they even book the most expensive hotels near the sea

It's just baffling how they can afford all those cars and holidays whilst on benefits? And brag about how well off they are

I disagree. Why is helping British people more important than helping others? A billion pounds can do more in a third world country than it can in the UK because third world countries are worse-off to begin with.

Yeah but the British government should spend its taxpayer money on improving Britain, not some third world country. We should spend it on solving our own problems (creating new infrastructure and providing subsidies to stimulate the economy, providing some benefits to those struggling, education, helathcare)- foreign aid is wasted money and will not benefit British people, so why should we give it? I agree we have an obligation to give a little bit so we should give the minimum foreign aid hat we possibly can, not overdose on it.

I live in an area with a high number of people claiming benefits.And I'm talking about those who have chosen to have multiple children whilst on benefits and yet still manage to go on multiple foreign holidays a year. They have multiple cars, go on nice holidays and have the latest Iphones. They have like 6+ kids so if they could afford all those stuff on benefits then surely they are getting paid too much the benefits should be reduced to the bare minimum needed for survival.
The tax payer shouldn't fund them so they can splash their cash on a 5* hotel in Dubai.

And please don't start on the £70 dole money a week that's just for people who don't have kids. However, pop out some kids and you'll find that you'll be given a brand new house, Child benefits, Child tax credits, not expected to sign on and a maternity grand this country has gone mad
No wonder the whole of Eastern Europe are here and why they generally have a high birth rate they are breeding like rabits

It's just baffling how they can afford all those cars and holidays whilst on benefits? And brag about how well off they are

I don't believe you. If you said one family then maybe but a couple? A couple of families going on luxurious holidays each year even though they are on benefits? Nope.

BRITISH people should get MORE benefits its a disgrace how much this government gives in FOREIGN AID we should be prioritising are OWN POOR do you agree with me or not

My cousin's family is like this. However, the reason why they can afford this is due to serious "cheapness". They always have coupons lying everywhere around their house. They always cook at home and rarely buy take-out except for birthdays. They're just really good budgeters.

they are obviously making successful budgeting decisions.

This is how its possible.

Lets say you have a severe disabled person in your family and they are 25+. They get the following welfare money.

£73.10 Main rate ESA.
£36.20 Support component ESA.
£15.75 Enhanced Disability Premium ESA.
£61.85 Severe Disability Premium ESA or Carers Allowance.
£82.30 High rate care PIP.
£57.45 High rate mobility PIP.
£108.00 15 hours Permitted Work Wage.

Total = £434.65 a week or £22602 a year.

Then add:

Free Bus pass.
Free NHS prescriptions.
Free Council Tax Payments.
Travel money reimbursed from NHS appointments.
£140 Warm Home Discount (Energy Company).
Discount on Water Raters (Water Sure).
Discount on Phone Line & Broadband (BT Basic).

And then add all of this to the Mother of 4+ children who isn't effected by the benefit cap due to having a disabled person in their household.

The single Mother will get about £25,000+ regardless if she works or not.

Its a perfectly legitimate benefit scrounging loop-hole.

A disabled person gets the care they need and a scrounging mum gets to continue being a scrounging mum with the added benefit of Carers Allowance.