Bizarre Things You Are Paying For

[Grumpmeister]

So let me get this straight, while bigamy is illegal in the UK, there is a loophole for getting married overseas and the DWP will give the husband an additional £125 a week per wife to households with more than one spouse?? 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/dwp-boosts-benefits-husbands-more-33920495

[Barman]

So let me get this straight, while bigamy is illegal in the UK, there is a loophole for getting married overseas and the DWP will give the husband an additional £125 a week per wife to households with more than one spouse?? 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/dwp-boosts-benefits-husbands-more-33920495

 

[Steve]

The root problem isn't paying benefits to dependents but in allowing bigamists to have residence in the UK.