Indeed.

I don't know how much rent they pay.

Looking at Rightmove it could potentially be anything from £1,100 to £2,700. Plus Council Tax I guess.

No idea how much social housing costs in Monmouth or whether they use that or rent privately though. For all we know they might be homeowners with a mortgage.

Yes, the 55p thing is pretty harsh IMHO.

And the LHA is rarely as much as people's rent, either.

It's a shame we don't have the full breakdown for this lady because I suspect if they saw it most reasonable people would be less inclined to fall for rage-bait like this.

Yes, it sounds as if perhaps her husband might get a health element as he's off work due to MH issues.

Even so, if their rent is £1500 then I can see why the previous benefit payments of around £1870 would have barely been enough with 5 kids to feed.

Unfortunately there's very little info to explain the figures.

For a couple with 5 kids up to age 10, LHA in Monmouthshire is £1096 per month (allows for a 4 bed house).

4 bed homes to rent in Monmouth seem to be around £1500 per month.

But the lady says her food bill is her biggest expense 🤔

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Hey! Well done everyone🥂
Now let’s watch them studiously ignore us. As if exposing the selling out of our democracy is an unnecessary distraction, rather than critical to our national wellbeing…

I hesitate to suggest that this makes Starmer look competent as I vehemently disagree with the current raft of Blue Labour Policies.

A reality TV show featuring Corbyn Sultana, Truss Johnson and Badenoch though, could be quite amusing.

I'm pretending to be prime minister, get me out of here!

For the birds.