Yep...my wife is from Manchester and every one of her friends still there is single with one or more kids (if multiple kids, almost invariably from multiple fathers) living in council (i.e. public-funded) housing...which, my wife tells me, you qualify for by having a child out of wedlock
My wife left England just for that reason...a bunch of young women with no goals in life other than to get pregnant whereupon you get your very own council house (well...not really your own...but you get to pretend it is)
Hatch a out a kid every five to seven years or so and almost be set for life.