The Telegraph report the case of the family whose benefits amount to around £50,000 a year. Of course this is even more extravagant than it first appearance as this is NET income and is the equivalent of almost £100,000 a year before Tax. The other point is why are we paying people to breed and live off of benefits, family of 12?!
'A family of 12 who receive £50,000 a year tax-free on benefits have told how they are "taking advantage of the system" as the Department of Work and Pensions condemned their case as "outrageous".
Stephanie and Ian Fennessy-Sharp, who live in a five-bedroom home, said they would be "silly not to take advantage of the system" and admitted benefits are "too easy to get if you don't work."
The Department of Work and Pensions will now be looking into the case and said people would be "astonished" to hear of benefit claimants receiving higher incomes than those in work.
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The Fennessy-Sharp family, from Erith, Kent, told Closer magazine they had been moved into a privately-rented house with large garden because their old house was damp.
Mrs Fennessy-Sharp, a 29-year-old charity shop volunteer, said: ""We're taking advantage of the system, but that's the system's fault – we'd be silly not to with so many mouths to feed.
"I feel this situation has been forced upon us by the Government. The minimum wage is too low and you lose your benefits if you work, but they're too easy to get if you don't work.
"If I have to get a job I want a good one. For now, I have to make the most of the system."
The family are understood to receive £20,400 in housing benefit, £14,456 in child tax credits, £8,320 incapacity benefit, £4,524 child benefit and £1,200 council tax benefit.
Mr Fennessy-Sharp, 56, said he suffers light-headedness, migraines every three weeks and feels ill and stressed if he works for more than an hour. He used to be employed in a factory but has been unable to work for 20 years.
The couple have ten children between them: Mrs Fennessy-Sharp has three under ten years old from a previous relationship and her husband has seven aged between three and nine years.
She told the magazine she felt guilty about claiming so much money but that she was financially better off volunteering than working, adding: "I know taxpayers are being punished – I hate taking their money. But we're being allowed to get away with it."'
'A family of 12 who receive £50,000 a year tax-free on benefits have told how they are "taking advantage of the system" as the Department of Work and Pensions condemned their case as "outrageous".
Stephanie and Ian Fennessy-Sharp, who live in a five-bedroom home, said they would be "silly not to take advantage of the system" and admitted benefits are "too easy to get if you don't work."
The Department of Work and Pensions will now be looking into the case and said people would be "astonished" to hear of benefit claimants receiving higher incomes than those in work.
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The Fennessy-Sharp family, from Erith, Kent, told Closer magazine they had been moved into a privately-rented house with large garden because their old house was damp.
Mrs Fennessy-Sharp, a 29-year-old charity shop volunteer, said: ""We're taking advantage of the system, but that's the system's fault – we'd be silly not to with so many mouths to feed.
"I feel this situation has been forced upon us by the Government. The minimum wage is too low and you lose your benefits if you work, but they're too easy to get if you don't work.
"If I have to get a job I want a good one. For now, I have to make the most of the system."
The family are understood to receive £20,400 in housing benefit, £14,456 in child tax credits, £8,320 incapacity benefit, £4,524 child benefit and £1,200 council tax benefit.
Mr Fennessy-Sharp, 56, said he suffers light-headedness, migraines every three weeks and feels ill and stressed if he works for more than an hour. He used to be employed in a factory but has been unable to work for 20 years.
The couple have ten children between them: Mrs Fennessy-Sharp has three under ten years old from a previous relationship and her husband has seven aged between three and nine years.
She told the magazine she felt guilty about claiming so much money but that she was financially better off volunteering than working, adding: "I know taxpayers are being punished – I hate taking their money. But we're being allowed to get away with it."'
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