Should beneficiaries be allowed to borrow money from family?

If you're on a benefit but your family lends you money then the Ministry of Social Development argues your benefit should then be cut off.

They made the argument today in a landmark case in the Auckland High Court which centres around whether a mother, referred to as Ms X, should have been allowed to borrow money while still on a benefit.

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