Bread

The Liverpool-based Boswell family has mastered the art of exploiting the system to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. With no official employment, they rely on government handouts and cash-in-hand jobs to get by. The family revolves around their devoted Catholic mother, Nellie, who has been left by her husband for another woman. Her eldest son Joey takes on a fatherly role to his three younger brothers and sister, Aveline. The family's skill in extracting benefits from the DHSS while the boys earn extra income is renowned. However, despite their close-knit family, each member harbors their own reasons for discontent.