Peter Rolfe appears in Channel 5 series Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole (Picture: Channel 5)

A jobless father who has had 26 children by 15 different women while receiving ‘more than £500,000 in benefits’ has criticised the government’s welfare cap.

Peter Rolfe was criticised earlier this year when he claimed in an interview that his local council’s ‘refusal’ to give him a bigger house violated his human rights.

The 64-year-old is appearing in new Channel 5 series Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole, in which he claims his home in Newport, Isle of Wight, is not big enough and like a ‘prison cell’.

It had been reported that Rolfe had 18 kids by 10 women, but he has now revealed he has 14 boys and 12 girls.

‘It really is difficult to keep track when you’ve had 26 kids with so many different women,’ said Rolfe, who claims £800 a week in handouts.

Peter Rolfe has claimed the dole for 20 years (Picture: Channel 5)

‘I think the benefits system is at fault, not the parents. The government said: “we will pay for your child care so therefore you will stay at home”.’

He added: ‘You have women that like you and once they get you they try to change you. They become pregnant and things like that.

‘Some of them I believe got pregnant on purpose. It’s just so unfortunate so many women have fallen pregnant. Either I’m virile or they just fall pregnant quickly.’

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In the new documentary, Rolfe also complains the government benefits cap means his children can’t have ‘the other stuff children get [like] PlayStations [and] Xboxes’.

Episode two of Channel 5’s Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole, airs on June 23 at 9pm.