Pete,
I'm sorry if my advice made you upset..but you made me quite upset too.
You should have told to us your opinion in a nice way, I think its unfair you talked to me/us like that way.
I think we all knowthat most of the member here are non-professional about these Immigration or benefits etc. and we know that we are just trying to help one another.
I wouldn't advice people to claim benefits if I think they are not entitled to and we all know aswell that before we brought our love ones here in UK we proved to the British Embassy Manila that we can live here without help from the public funds.
So If you don't want them to claim benefits or tax credits? where do you think public funds should go to?