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Claiming it for a couple of weeks while out of work is a bit different. If you are long term unemployed and are in a council property and have children, then tough though it may be to survive, often it is a better situation than having a full time minimum wage job. I have witnessed first hand advisors in the Job Centre recommending people to turn down jobs as they will be worse off.