Quote Originally Posted by lordna View Post
Always amazes me the number of people who proudly say they have never claimed anything. Why on earth not? You pay taxes etc all your working life and in my eyes that entitles you to claim as much as is legally possible. If ypou dont claim then eventually whatever government might decide there is no need and the benefit may dissapear!
of course you should claim any benefits your entitled to, as you've said Lordna you've paid your taxes

but the dreaded 'no recourse to public funds' could always be used for refusing a visa