Rediff News:

Multiple wives mean financial gains for men in Britain. Men who marry several women are set for financial gains with the Labour government giving a go-ahead to such husbands to claim extra welfare benefits.

Under the deal that could cost British taxpayers millions of pounds, men with multiple wives may also be eligible for additional housing benefit and council tax benefit to reflect the larger property needed for his family. Even though polygamy is a crime in Britain, the decision of the government led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown means that such marriages can now be recognised formally by the state, so long as the weddings took place in countries where such arrangements are legal.

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