‘Everybody knows’ that Karen Matthews had 7 children just to get extra benefit payments
So it is worth reiterating what one of her neighbours told a radio interviewer: ‘I don’t see how you can say that when she gave 3 of them to the father, so she can’t be getting benefits for them, can she?’
Interestingly, on Womans Hour this morning a panellist pointed out that while everybody was happy to criticise Karen Matthews as a mother, nobody seemed to be criticising the 5 different fathers – a very fair point, but one made seemingly in ignorance of the role being played by at least one of them
