Sal Paradise wrote:On the first point - if the only benefits he would receive would the £700 child allowance then he would effectively working full time for £700 a month - why would he?
On the second point that is just about broadening the debate. It is a frustration to some tax payers when they see the abuse of the benefits system, Mr Philpott's is clearly an abuse of what benefits were intended for.
As Big Graeme said, he would get working tax credit and child tax credit on a sliding scale. I reckon he would still get about £3k a year child tax credit on top of child benefit and possibly some working tax credit. Housing benefit is almost impossible to work out without knowing his details.
Maybe he wants that £700 a month?
