Former Gravesend benefits mum, Cheryl Prudham, has given birth to her twelfth child.

The 32-year-old baby machine gave birth to daughter, Tillie-Grace Ellen, last week by C-section which is believed to have cost the taxpayer £1,500.

The mum-of-12 told Sunday People before the birth she said: "I don’t like ­natural labour – it’s too ­painful and I’ve done it nine times.

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The Prudhams with nine of 12 children

"It’s so much easier to have a caesarean. Some celebrities say they are too posh to push so why can’t I?"

A caesarean costs the NHS £2,500 - £1,000 more than if Cheryl had opted for a natural birth.

The latest arrival for Mrs Prudham and husband Rob, who weighed 6lb 15oz, came just week after the pair moved their huge brood from Hampton Crescent in Gravesend to Lancashire.

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The move came amid claims the couple, who receive around £45, 000-a-year in benefits has become targets of a vicious hate campaign in their home town.

The Prudhams welcomed the arrival of twin girls Lacey-May and Lexi-Rose, in August last year and also have Leon, four, Lenny, three, and Lainey, two.

Mrs Prudham is mum to George, 14, Jack, 13, Caitlin, nine, Maisie, eight, Millie, six, and Madison, six, from previous relationships.