With £40,000 worth of benefit money to spend, Cheryl Prudham can afford to splash out on her son's presents.

In a Channel 5 documentary the mum of 12 says she lavished £1,300 on son Leon's gifts, including £500 on a 50cc petrol quad bike with a personalised number plate.

In total she says she and 31-year-old husband Robert spend nearly £12,000 on gifts for their offspring, because she wants them to feel 'truly special'.

The family moved around Kent, living in housing association properties until earlier this year when abuse from outraged neighbours forced them to move from Gravesend to Lancashire.

The documentary, Benefits: Britain’s Most Shameless Mum, follows the Prodhams as they make the transition from Kent, and prepare for the arrival of their twelfth child, Tillie-Grace Ellen.

In the film the 33-year-old says: "The public are going to be fuming when they hear I have baby number 12, especially that I've got what I wanted by having the C-section that I wanted."

Their new home - a five bedroom house in Skelmersdale - costs taxpayers an extra £200 a month because it is privately rented, taking the family's housing costs to £1,000.

The couple previously admitted receiving £800 per week in benefits, on top of Mr Prudham's £250 a week pizza delivery wage.

Mrs Prudham is unapologetic about the family's situation and at one point tells producers:

"That's what the Government says we're entitled to live on and if they're saying that's what we can have we're not going to say no, are we?' she tells the programme.

"Apparently we get so much in benefits and I get called benefit scrounger, baby machine. But it's my body and I'll have as many children as I like.

"I'll have 20 if I want I won't have anyone dictate to me what's right and what's wrong."

Cheryl has previously told KentOnline: "I work caring in the community every night for the elderly, a job a lot of people couldn't do.

"The figures for benefits are false. I don't wish to state how much we earn, and the ins and outs of finances, as that is no one's business."