Jobless parents who insist on breeding may face losing benefits.

[HunterNurturer]

They should limit child benefit to the first two children.
I've got no problem having a welfare state for genuine people but not people who don't want to work.
If people don't want to work but milk the system make them have food stamps and make it so they can only buy essentials such as bread, milk, baked beans etc.

Spot on Rupert

Simple solution taht will work....

Why couldn't our well paid members of parliament think of this for themselves?

Politics is the reason. The first party to suggest this will be guaranteed to lose the next election. The benefit scroungers now make up a significant portion of voting age adults.