http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rod_liddle/article3341722.ece A short examination in English language and law. Read the following advice given to welfare benefit clerks by the Department for Work and Pensions and then answer the following questions. In the case of Muslim claimants “where there is a valid polygamous marriage the claimant and one spouse will be paid the couple rate . . . the amount payable for each additional spouse is presently £33.65”.