Both think tanks stressed that the comparison was between existing tax credit claimants, who now get a more generous settlement, and new universal credit claimants.

Wives who have their divorces handled by courts in big cities are more likely to get a generous settlement than those who separate in the provinces, according to a survey.

A book about his career described how his guilt was reflected in an extremely generous settlement.

That marriage, too, ended in divorce, in 2000, and a generous settlement, of 16 million.

It was held that the absence of financial need did not mean departing from a more generous settlement for an applicant in big money cases.