Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:
In-work & housing benefits are not (in the last instance) policies that help the poor rather they are a mechanism to funnel state fund into supporting profits for low-wage employers, and landlords (whose rents are higher than they would be without housing & other benefits being paid to the poor).
So when people talk about 'benefits cheats' you might want to point this out...