No one can honestly say that there isn't widespread abuse of the benefits system in the UK. That is the reason the government has made it a priority.

I have read the bleeding heart stories above, but what about the other side of the coin ?

Life's fine and dandy for families on housing benefit in London's wealthiest borough, Kensington and Chelsea.

One mother of four is being housed in a five-bedroom, two-bathroom mansion worth £2million – and taxpayers are paying her staggering £1,755 a week rent.

This isn't an isolated case. In fact, there's another family in the borough whose rent is even higher and five councils in Britain pay more than £70,000 a year to rent a property for someone on housing benefit.

What madness this is. We rightly feel sympathy towards anyone who has fallen on hard times but housing them in a lavish style that most of us can only dream about makes a mockery of those who work hard and pay their taxes.

The Government promised to reform the system so these abuses would stop, that is exactly what they have done. Under Labour, the cost of housing benefit has soared from £11billion in 1997 to more £21billion in 2009. The Government promised to reform the system so these abuses would stop. As usual, Labour did nothing but talk about it.

That's because it was in Labour's interest to keep throwing money at anyone who might one day vote for them. There were far too many nice little jobs being created under Labour such as Benefit Advice Officers, Community Advice Centres advising loafers what to write or how to act on during a D.L.A. application. These forms were rarely assessed by medical doctors, civil servants passed the applicant.

The majority of the measures announced yesterday will not hit those of a working mentality, but it will see the lazy, the workshy and the spongers in our society who enjoyed having their rent, mobility, council tax and beer money supplied courtesy of the British taxpayer.