Missing context: A screenshot showing "Total benefits entitlement £1,151.90 weekly" is shared with the caption "why would I get a job" and "living my best life" — presented as proof a claimant receives a month's wages every week.

The claim

A screenshot showing "Total benefits entitlement £1,151.90 weekly" is shared with the caption "why would I get a job" and "living my best life" — presented as proof a claimant receives a month's wages every week.

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What the evidence shows

£1,151.90 a week is £59,899 a year, which is far above the benefit cap of £486.98 a week even in London. A household can only receive that much if it is exempt from the cap, and the exemptions are set by law: receipt of PIP, DLA, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, the ESA support component, Industrial Injuries benefits or war pensions, or combined earnings of £881 a month or more. A total this size therefore describes a large household in which someone is disabled — and much of it is rent paid to a landlord and disability costs, not spending money. It is not what a single unemployed adult receives: for them the cap is £283.71 a week outside London.