It's the people who have previously worked and play by the rules that get hit the hardest.
You need to knock some bird up a few times for the child benefit and privately rent out the spare room of your council house, then you're on easy street :cool:
Also agree with this. It really doesn't help anyone making comments like that, it just smacks of putting the boot in, especially when he's clearly never had to do it.
I wasn't far off that between October and December, I'd spent loads decorating my house on credit card and the company I work for took two weeks wages from everyone (long story which I won't got into). I planned out what I could spend every single day for two months, food budget was £30 a week...