Quote by tweeky
The joy of benefits, I'n not working at the moment and with 2 children I get a week, after bills are paid and arrears on mortgage are paid (I had to wait 39 weeks to get my mortgage paid) and life insurances cos they cover the mortgage I'm left with £75 a week to buy food, buy clothes, save for birthdays/christmas. You some how just manage.
Around 18 months ago my money left per week was around £45 to £70 dependent on work overtime length of the month etc. So on benefits you ended up each month better of than us and thats with two of us working. This is what I was saying in my first post above. Thankfully the recession was good to us and I found a very easy way to make a fair amount of money with very little effort. In fact I always seem to do very well when the country's in the shite
See what I mean you worked, and yet most of the time I would be better of than you. You can now see why some people dont bother to work.
Thgis is exactly what I was saying 
The thread title however is suggesting Benefits arnt enough. I guess its gonna depend on your situation too.