It is well known how Jeremy feels about single parents living on benefits. Where I live in Scotland, there is a single parent unit which supplies brand new prams, cots etc. and gives a £500 grant to single mums on the birth of their child. Talk about encouraging!

so would you feel better knowing that there is no help for these poeple and see kids in dirty 2nd hand prams and cots

All i know is that out there, women are having kids just to get benefits and to easily find somewhere to live. I know one or two people that have done exactly that. All it's done is cause long term problems regarding money and the father of the baby.

When I had my first child, all I could afford was a second pram and cot. They were spotless. My husband had a job also. So yes, second hand would do no harm and make them think about children 2,3 and 4

You have got it in one. I know numerous girls who have got pregnant to obtain benefits and a council house. There parenting skills are practically non existent and their idea of wholesome eating is out of a baby jar, a microwave packet or MacDonalds. I worry about this generation. And the ones with the power to change it are not listening. Its totally aggravating