Socialite living in £11MILLION mansion claims £170-a-week child benefits and complains she has to do her own gardening
Glam film and theatre producer said she needs benefits after divorce
A SOCIALITE living in a £11million mansion close to so-called billionaires' row has been accused of "taking the p*** out British taxpayers" by claiming £170 a week in benefits.
Glamorous mum-of-three Manal Morrar has claimed she needs child tax credits despite boasting of being a successful film and theatre producer.
The 46-year-old told theshe needs the benefits because maintenance payments from her banker ex-husband have not been finalised and their jointly owned house is yet to be sold.
Despite her recent hit musical Urine-town winning a Tony award, she has complained that money is so tight she is forced to act as her "own housekeeper and gardener".
The Benefit Agency has said that any parent with a sufficiently low income will qualify for child tax credits - with the value of property not taken into account.
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Mrs Morrar's luxury house is a stones throw from Hampstead Heath in north London, close to so-called "billionaires' row".
She told the Daily Mail: "Yes I am on benefits – child tax credit. But I am not entitled to legal aid even though I am still facing a custody battle.
"I can’t sell my house. My banker husband left me, I don’t know where the money is and my divorce settlement was messed up. I’ve ended up with nothing.
"And I’m having to be my own housekeeper and gardener."
Her four-storey, eight-bedroom house boasts an indoor swimming pool, home cinema and manicured gardens.
Despite claiming to have hit hard times her numerous tweets show pictures taken at opening nights and lavish events.
In her profile she describes herself as "Entrepreneur, Producer, Superwoman and just plain cool cat".
An acquaintance of Mrs Morrar told the Daily Mail: “She may have produced the show Urinetown – but she is taking the p*** out of the rest of us.
“I am amazed someone with a half share in such a house can’t raise her own money by having lodgers in some of the eight bedrooms.”
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