HAT TIP TO TAM THE BAM FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISMHusbands living in a "harem" with multiple wives have been cleared to claim state benefits for all their different partners. A Muslim man with four spouses - which is permitted under Islamic law - could receive £10,000 A YEAR EXTRA in income support alone. He could also be entitled to more generous housing and council tax benefit, to reflect the fact his household needs a bigger property.
Ministers have decided that, even though bigamy is a crime in Britain, polygamous marriages can be recognised formally by the state - provided they took place overseas, in countries where they are legal.
New guidelines on income support from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) state: "Where there is a valid polygamous marriage the claimant and one spouse will be paid the couple rate (£92.80). "The amount payable for each additional spouse is presently £33.65.
Potentially the bill could reach over £10 million.
Sometimes you just have to SHAKE YOUR HEAD in wonder at the FUCKING CRASS STUPIDITY OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NO WONDER THEY'RE QUEUING UP TO COME HERE!
