Suffer little children

THE mums of the Li’l Rascals Playgroup have a few misperceptions they’d like to clear up.

“I don’t use child benefit to buy myself shoes,” pleads mother-of-four Rachel O’Sullivan.

There are nods of support. The image that persists of yummy mummies indulging in fancy lunches and designer footwear courtesy of pocket money from the state really irks them.