To be attempting to score political points on the back of the deaths of 6 children is in my opinion shameful. Benefits never killed the kids Philpott did.
Mick Philpott has been a modern day celebrity for many years and it doesn't appear to me that anybody attempted to deal with his case properly or treat it seriously in all that time. There are many flaws in our benefits system one of which is you can continue to have an infinite number of children whilst not working and this should have been addressed many years ago. Osborne only raises it now because he can use it for Political advantage. He will probably still ignore the problem with benefits.
On the subject of WELFARE I would like to see Osborne discuss his boss Camerons recent speech which says that all Romanians and Bulgarians arriving in January can only claim benefits for 6 months. I reckon we could be skint by June 2014 if they all take up his offer.