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[pounds sterling]49,000 handout queen.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
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August 13, 2005
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Byline: MATTHEW BAYLEY
You'd need to earn [pounds sterling]74,500 a year to match the mother of 15 on welfare (and, by the way, her son of 15 has already started his own dynasty)
SHE has never had a job in her life, yet Margaret Wilson's yearly income far exceeds that of the average working family.
The unmarried mother receives an astonishing [pounds sterling]49,000 a year in tax-free state benefits to look after her 15 children.
But the 41-year-old, who admits spending [pounds sterling]7,000 on Christmas, says the taxpayer-funded handouts she and her family live off are not enough.
'It might sound like a lot of money but we don't really manage on it,' ...
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