BBC says Poles in the UK illegally claim two child benefits

According to BBC, between a third and half of applicants in six Polish voivodships planned to take advantage of this. In Poland the benefit is paid out to parents whose monthly income does not exceed zł.504 per person. For the first and second child the benefit amounts to zł.43 a month per child, zł.53 for the third child, and zł.66 for each additional child. In the UK the benefit is zł.105 for the first child paid on a weekly basis. "With all the respect to investigation reporting, I have serious doubts concerning the arguments put forward by BBC. But we will check the situation and if the accusations turn out to be true we will immediately take action," said Labor and Social Policy Minister Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Dziennik, p. 10) A.K.