Teh One Who Knocks
07-10-2015, 11:25 AM
Ollie McAteer for Metro.co.uk
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A single mum-of-eight says she could be made homeless under the new benefits cap.
Unemployed Marie Buchan, 33, of Birmingham, currently receives £26,000-a-year in benefits – but this will be slashed by £6,000.
The £20,000 welfare limit was among measures announced by George Osborne in the first Tory-only Budget for 18 years.
But Marie says she is already behind with her rent and the cut would see her kicked out of her subsidised four-bedroomed home.
Marie lives in a house rented from Bournville Village Trust with her children, aged 13 to 21 months.
She said: ‘Eight is more than enough to care for.
‘What really gets to me is I have had so much hate from over the world.
‘People say I’m lazy and take, take, take. But I’m a mum of eight who is under the cap and works hard raising my eight children. That’s a full-time job on its own.’
Marie says she used to work as a cleaner but had to quit because of issues with getting her children ready in the mornings.
She also attended a course for an NHS job but was told she could not take up her place because her youngest child would not be entitled to childcare.
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http://i.imgur.com/MYcIbHq.jpg
A single mum-of-eight says she could be made homeless under the new benefits cap.
Unemployed Marie Buchan, 33, of Birmingham, currently receives £26,000-a-year in benefits – but this will be slashed by £6,000.
The £20,000 welfare limit was among measures announced by George Osborne in the first Tory-only Budget for 18 years.
But Marie says she is already behind with her rent and the cut would see her kicked out of her subsidised four-bedroomed home.
Marie lives in a house rented from Bournville Village Trust with her children, aged 13 to 21 months.
She said: ‘Eight is more than enough to care for.
‘What really gets to me is I have had so much hate from over the world.
‘People say I’m lazy and take, take, take. But I’m a mum of eight who is under the cap and works hard raising my eight children. That’s a full-time job on its own.’
Marie says she used to work as a cleaner but had to quit because of issues with getting her children ready in the mornings.
She also attended a course for an NHS job but was told she could not take up her place because her youngest child would not be entitled to childcare.
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