A benefits mother-of-eight is furious that the benefits cap means she can't afford the four-bedroom home she previously demanded from the council.

Jobless single mother Marie Buchan caused controversy last year by insisting she needed a bigger home so she could have a bedroom to herself.

But she's now facing eviction from the property in Birmingham after running up £4,000 debts for unpaid rent with her local housing association.

The 33-year-old, who has previously claimed she wants more children, blames the government's benefits cap for her situation.

Marie Buchan is angry that the new benefits cap means she may have to leave her four-bedroom home

She said: 'Raising eight kids on the cap while paying full rent is hard enough.

'I have been trying to find work for a long time now but it is not that easy. As soon as you say you have eight dependants they don't want to know.'

She added: 'Where is the support to re-house me and my eight children?'

Buchan got the Bournville Village Trust house last summer after complaining that their previous three-bedroom home was too small.

She said after moving in: 'It is the first time I have been able to have a bedroom to myself as I usually have to share with one of my children. This new home is just great and is all I ever wanted.'

She lives with eldest Tia, 13, as well as Leah, Latoya, Joshua, Alisha, Mikayla, Amelia and youngest Olivia, two.

Buchan, pictured (left) with Benefits Street star White Dee and (right) with five of her eight children

Buchan now faces potential eviction from the large family home after falling behind on her rent

After having a hysterectomy, she previously spoke of plans to use a surrogate to further increase the size of her brood.

She said in 2014: 'People might criticise me. But it is my right to have as many children as I want.'

For people in her situation, the benefits cap is due to be reduced to £20,000-a-year later this year, just under £400 a week.

Buchan will appear before a county court next Monday where a judge will rule on her rent arrears.

Ann Ryan, Head of Housing at Bournville Village Trust which manages her home, said: 'We continue to work with and offer support to Ms Buchan in regards to her rent account and we await the outcome of the court hearing.'

Buchan, 33, has previously said it is her right to have 'as many children as I want'