Couple on benefits who claim they are living separately yet have kids and have just got got married........

Question

How on earth do they get away with this?!! Are there any laws in regards to benefits that would say that once they married they are definitely a couple? They claim from 2 houses (both paid for by US as she is a 'single mum' and he is 'too sick to work'. They have been reported so how are they still doing it? Will the marriage change things-ie make it harder for them to get away with it?

Answer 1

If they have been reported it is possible that they are under investigation.  Report them again and try to get someone else to report them.  Also consider going to the media about it, (local newspaper).

Answer 2

Keep reporting them, dont let these scroungers get away wiith it.  Why should folk like these get off with it, when decent hard working families struggle to meet ends meet these days.

Answer 3

I can't believe there will not be any action taken against these people.

Surely there must be some way to stop this abuse if what you have reported is true.  

Answer 4

Report them, it's our money they are claiming?

Answer 5

Omd report them! I hate these frauds, and keep reporting them! Hopefully it will make harder but some people just slip through dont they?

Answer 6

Yes the marriage changes everything.

It is possible to live together and not be a couple and to live apart and be a couple. The law looks at how you run your affairs and how your family and friends perceive your relationship. If you get married then it is quite obvious that you have a mutual living arrangement which is regarded as a relationship by your peers, therefore you can not claim as a single person.

Answer 7

Hopfully, if they have been reported, they are currently being watched and a case being built against them.  

Answer 8

if u wanted u could anonimously report them to the benefit cheats helpline (google for tel no.)

yes they are cheating the system and they may get away with it till someone reports them

Answer 9

REPORT THEM SOME MORE WE NEED TO STAND UP TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND HUNT THEM DOWN BECAUSE IN MY EYES THEY ARE CRIMINALS!!!!

Answer 10

I hope they get caught and forced to pay back all the amount of benefits they have received.  I bet he is too sick to work but not too sick to party and get drunk!  

I hate these people that thing everyone owes them something.  If they couldn't afford to care for themselves they shouldn't have brought children into this world.  

Answer 11

These cadgers have to be caught cohabiting before they can be prosecuted, the special squad set up to deal with these parasites need proof they actually live together, it's a sham but if they both sleep in their seperate dwellings but spend their days together they aren't breaking any laws so can't be brought to boot, although it's obvious they're cheating the system, the benefits people would certainly question them and warn them but these people are so unashamedly thick skinned it's like water off a ducks back, I know of several who buck the system, and the snoop squad can't do a d**n thing about it. this country needs a complete gut out and a strong government. .. bring back Maggie