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Lampman · 22-09-2007, 14:08

The latest brilliant idea is that the British taxpayer is now footing the bill to pay £1 million per month in child benefit to people living in Poland.
The only qualification is for one of the parents to be working in the U.K. for longer than a year. An example quoted in the press is a Polish woman with two children living in Poland and the husband working in the U.K, gets £1,650 per annum.The family have an income of £38,000 per year and the husband has just applied for £296 per month tax credits The official minimum wage in Poland is £171 a month(this is one of the richer former Communist countries.).
Bear in mind there are 750,000 Eastern Europeans registered to work in this country,how long before they get on the gravy train?
Yes, before anyone asks, I am bloody envious!

22-09-2007, 14:08	#1
Lampman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 567 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 556	Child benefit to Poland! The latest brilliant idea is that the British taxpayer is now footing the bill to pay £1 million per month in child benefit to people living in Poland. The only qualification is for one of the parents to be working in the U.K. for longer than a year. An example quoted in the press is a Polish woman with two children living in Poland and the husband working in the U.K, gets £1,650 per annum.The family have an income of £38,000 per year and the husband has just applied for £296 per month tax credits The official minimum wage in Poland is £171 a month(this is one of the richer former Communist countries.). Bear in mind there are 750,000 Eastern Europeans registered to work in this country,how long before they get on the gravy train? Yes, before anyone asks, I am bloody envious! Last edited by Lampman; 22-09-2007 at 14:11.