No, she was not winding me up....because I re-asked the question because I thought it was crazy....she said it’s true.
Believe me, ‘poor’ people here dont get ‘free holidays’.
As I said, what actually happens is that people on benefits can ‘earn’ enough to go away to Florida for a fortnight (it being the cheapest American holiday for British people).
That in its itself a massive failure of the benefits system.