[antisinguIarity]

Well, here we've just picked a different set of winners and losers. Can you imagine the outcry if here we changed our benefits system to something like that Germany? "I've been out of work for years, and now this schmuck gets 40k a year for free?"

Again FWIW, I prefer something like that.

Then again, it seems you are aware of the rules of the game you are playing.

[mmarq]

Whatever, but the result is that in London you don’t have a safety net. You lose your job, you get a section 21 notice the day after you miss a rent payment and you are in the streets with a child to feed.

[antisinguIarity]

Then don't live in London if you are concerned about feeding your child.