Upholding the decision, the chair believes husbands leave families just to get their debts covered by supplementary benefit, and wants to discourage them.
This massive accommodation supplement injection by the government keeps rents inflated at rates many working people simply can not afford, hence the need for supplementary benefits.
Similarly, the basic needs and shelter maximums for families and other types of supplementary benefits such as personal needs allowance and temporary care assistance will rise by 1.5 per cent.
The extension of the supplementary benefit was announced the day before it expired, in the face of pressure from political and social sectors across the ideological spectrum.
