You see, that's the difference
I understand some help to mothers or fathers, while their babies are too young, but then, the parents should go back to work. Right, there is a whole world out there with different cases, and single parents, and that; but child benefit shouldn't be used as a salary, as a reason to stop working. Having kids and bringing them up, is not a job that the goverment should be paying.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:59, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Child benefit is £20.30 a week
so not really a salary...
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:00, Reply)

But add it to housing benefit and income support or unemployment benefit (plus not having to pay council tax) and you're looking at a weekly amount that some people live very comfortably on.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Oh, I see
So, how come there is people saying they get around £42,000/year for having 5 kids, and that they prefer to have more kids rather than going back to work? Do they get more money for something else?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:02, Reply)

they will also be getting housing benefit
and things like income support. They would have to go for every benefit they possibly could to get that amount.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:04, Reply)

And on top of that
not paying taxes. It's a good bussiness, it is.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:12, Reply)