Single mother on benefits uses her £20K-a-year handouts to fund her dreams of becoming a plus-size burlesque dancer called Chazabelle Royale

Charlene Taylor, 20, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has been honing her dance skills for three years in her council house bedroom so she can give her autistic son a better life.


The plus-size mother, who is a full time carer for her little boy, says that dancing - and practising fire breathing in her garden - keeps her going. She says she's proud of herself for 'getting off her backside' to improve her lot unlike other people living on benefits.