1.   A switch from price support to income support comes dear.

2.   Any increase in national insurance benefits are offset against the additional benefit that claimants obtain from income support.

3.   At the same time the old supplementary benefit and heating allowances were abolished and a new system of income support was introduced.

4.   Families on supplementary benefit, now income support, are likely to borrow to buy items of clothing or durable household goods.

5.   If a charge is made to some one on income support, this reduces the income available to pay for basic necessities.

6.   If your only source of income is your basic State pension, you are likely to be entitled to income support.

7.   Many of those who have been sent to prison rely on income support alone.

8.   Most are living in north London, on income support and with help from Kurdish groups.

9.   Only one other person lives in the house, his son who is on income support.