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I can only assume she breached the terms of her contract. Leave work at work is my motto.

I have provided you with the facts and it was Labour that introduced the £2000 cap for housing benefit, therefore it is Labours fault that the benefits system for housing benefit is ripe for extreme exploitation. Therefore tell me why I was wrong to state that it was Labours fault?

And posts like these only serve to prove the point I just made. You see I don't need to resort to insults because the facts are enough to back up what i'm saying.

I agree with Ponty.

I provide the facts and you don't like it. I've destroyed your argument and you have nothing to come back with. That's the top and bottom of your reply.

This comment from an Express reader is spot on: Labour's crazy policy of throwing taxpayers' money (or rather money they borrowed on behalf of the taxpayer) at anyone too bone-idle to work has created a distorted housing rental market. Nobody who was working would be prepared to pay £8,000 a month to rent a property unless they were earning £200,000 a year or more. Why should benefit recipients be living in properties that most of us could only ever aspire to? Even the new limit of £1,200 a month (£400 a week) is ridiculously inflated. My mortgage is only £230 a month, for a modern 2 bedroom house. Benefit recipients should be placed in the cheapest basic accommodation available within a 20 mile radius of where they previously lived, not £1m properties in the most expensive area they can think of. If they say that's unfair, then tough! "Beggars can't be choosers", and that's basically what they are! Why should the entire tax take from dozens of working people be used to fund accommodation for a SINGLE family? That's unfair and should be stopped!

You both clearly missed my post on the previous page so here it is again: The generous benefits allowances brought in by Labour currently allow claimants up to £2,000-a-week for a five-bedroom property, £1,000-a-week for four bedrooms, £744-a-week for three bedrooms, £495-a-week for two bedrooms and £350-a-week for a one-bedroom property. From April, the Local Housing Allowance will be restricted to a maximum of four bedrooms for all claimants with maximum rates on the amount paid to private landlords. Weekly rates will capped at £250 for a one-bedroom property, £290 for a two-bedrooms, £340 for three and £400 for a four-bedroom property. Anyone living in a more expensive property will be forced to leave or make up the difference in rent themselves. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/186391/Benefits-Pledge-to-end-this-bonanza

Which is the difference between a joke Labour government, and a sensible Conservative government.

I think it looks cool.

The generous benefits allowances brought in by Labour currently allow claimants up to £2,000-a-week for a five-bedroom property, £1,000-a-week for four bedrooms, £744-a-week for three bedrooms, £495-a-week for two bedrooms and £350-a-week for a one-bedroom property. From April, the Local Housing Allowance will be restricted to a maximum of four bedrooms for all claimants with maximum rates on the amount paid to private landlords. Weekly rates will capped at £250 for a one-bedroom property, £290 for a two-bedrooms, £340 for three and £400 for a four-bedroom property. Anyone living in a more expensive property will be forced to leave or make up the difference in rent themselves. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/186391/Benefits-Pledge-to-end-this-bonanza This is what you get with the Conservatives, Mr Nur is what you got with Labour.

Well in that case i'd suggest you read this article and educate yourself. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/186391/Benefits-Pledge-to-end-this-bonanza The Conservatives have been in office for 2 months and yet by next April they will have dealt with the problem. So what prevented Labour from dealing with the problem in 13 years?

Yes it is all Labours fault. After 13 years in government Labour didn't address cases such as these. After a month the Conservatives addressed it and next year there will be a cap (£400 p.w I think) on the amount local authorities can spend on housing families. Get real ESB and just admit this is a Labour failure.

Of course it's Labours fault. They were in power for 13 years.

What was wrong with him and his family staying at their previous address?

I don't get it.

I was refering to a cap on the amount that can be claimed for renting a property.

They are operating according to Labours legislation. Next year the Conservatives cap will prevent it.

If you read the aricle in the Telegraph it states Mr Nur receives £2,000 per week from the council to cover the rent, which he then pays to the landlord, who is understood to be an associate of one of his friends. According to local property sources before the Nur family moved in the house was being advertised for £1,050 a week. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this isn't just a fiddle where Mr Nur and his "friend" are pocketing vast amounts of tax payers cash.

BTF out interest do you post on netmums? http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/general-coffeehouse-chat-514/coffee-lounge-18/445090-my-son-hugged-tree.html?pagenumber=

Paragraph 1 clearly states: A family of former asylum-seekers from Somalia are living in a £2.1million luxury townhouse in one of Britain's most exclusive addresses at a cost to taxpayers of £8,000 a month. Whilst I agree that the Mail is anti immigration, as am I, they are only reporting on a true story.

Skin colour has nothing to do with it. If it was a British slob family it'd be an outrage.

That's good to see.

That makes it's alright then doesn't it?

The bits they don't want to believe.

Kaos, now that's a blast from the past. What a dive that was.