Big payouts for UK bigamists

A government review in the UK has given the go-ahead for husbands with multiple wives to claim multiple benefits.

What?!

So they're paying out extra if you break the law. What's next, a sliding scale based on how many ASBOs you've managed to accumulate?

In Britain, bigamy is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

So shouldn't attempting to claim this extra benefit result in a prison sentence? But this is the best bit:

Income support for all of the wives may be paid directly into the husband's bank account

Assuming for a moment that most of the people affected by this ruling are Muslims and not Mor(m)ons it's highly likely that a number of these women are not exactly being encouraged to achieve their full potential. Many of them are probably being prevented from even learning English. Now, to add to their status as "object" they will become an extra source of income. This decision will set back women's rights, and Muslim women's rights back a good number of years.