Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough

[Fop 1]

Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough

 

A family of four with a combined weight of 83 stone say they are "too fat to work" and need more than the £22,000 they currently receive in benefits.

 

(L to R) Emma, Audrey, Philip and Sam Chawner Photo: CLOSER/ BERNARD ASHTON

 

The Chawners, haven't worked in 11 years, claim their weight is a hereditary condition and the money they receive is insufficient to live on.

 

Mr Chawner said: "What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more."

 

The family claim to spend £50 a week on food and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

 

"We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner," Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.

 

"All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We're fat because it's in our genes. Our whole family is overweight," she added.

 

Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.

 

Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable. Their daughter Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers' Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.

 

Emma, said: "I'm a student and don't have time to exercise" she said "We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don't know how."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...not-enough.html

 

 

Aye eating 3000 calories a day is hereditary all right.

[Douggy B 0]

Labour Britain.

[Scottish Mag 3]

Thats that daft bint that was on X Factor is it not?

[Park Life 71]

Did this one last week Fopper.

[Guest alex]

Already been posted hasn't it?

[Fop 1]

Did this one last week Fopper.

 

Oops.

[Fop 1]

i think fop even posted in last weeks thread and all =D

 

your losing track of your trolling!

 

edit > nope he didn't a minor miracle occurred last week and apparently went unnoticed

 

Fop just seems omniscient.

[Guest alex]

Omnipresent tbh.

[Fop 1]

Omnipresent tbh.

 

Nope, clearly not, just seems that too.

[Guest alex]

Omnipresent tbh.

 

Nope, clearly not, just seems that too.

That's what I meant.

[Fop 1]

Omnipresent tbh.

 

Nope, clearly not, just seems that too.

That's what I meant.

Being omniscient means you don't have to be omnipresent, which leaves more time to relax in the bath or change into a swan as the mood suits, what do you think Allah's been doing for the last 1300 years?

[smoggeordie 0]

Shouldn't give them a single penny. Get a fucking job like everyone else.