A MOTHER who claimed she was a single parent to get almost £6,000 in benefits has been ordered to pay it back.

Over the course of a year Kayleigh Loveridge, of The Hive, Northfleet, illegally claimed £5,880 in income support, housing benefit and council tax when she was living with her husband.

The 25-year-old admitted three charges of benefit fraud after she had failed to declare the father of her child was living with her.

Dartford magistrates ordered her to be electronically tagged with a six-month curfew from 8pm to 6am.

She is repaying her debt at £15 per week.