Good article here, but just unbelievable:

But the UK recognizes polygamy if the marriages were in countries where they are legal, i.e., Islamic countries…

And so in 2008, the Blair government gave the go-ahead for husbands with multiple wives to claim extra welfare benefits, so long as the weddings had taken place in countries where polygamy is legal.

As if that isn’t bad enough, a new UK welfare reform will further reward polygamous Muslims with even more welfare benefits…

under the new Universal Credit welfare system… a man’s additional wives will each receive welfare as a single person — which is higher than what they now get in reduced allowance…

A leading Islamic family lawyer warned that the increase in Sharia ceremonies among the 2.7 million-strong Muslim population in Britain was also behind a growth in ‘secret polygamy’…”

It has been claimed that Muslim men in Britain are having up to 20 children each because of polygamy and the rise of “religiously-sanctioned gender discrimination” under Sharia Law. Under Universal Credit, there will be more welfare benefits for those children, in addition to existing welfare called Child Benefit: