<text>  A single mother-of-three who is on benefits says she would love to work but employers wont give her a chance as shes overweight. Vicky Benson, 33, from Gateshead, tipped the scales at 28st and said she has struggled to lose weight despite her efforts to diet. I am well and truly overweight. This big tummy doesnt seem to budge, she said on the latest edition of Channel 5 documentary Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole. Vicky, pictured on Channel 5 documentary Benefits Britain, says she would like to work but employers wont give a chance because shes well and truly overweight I have tried to lose weight, I have tried everything. Its hard to diet, whats right for you, what not to eat, what to have in place of the rubbish. The temptation of just saying, Im just going for a kebab. She said she has tried to find work but hasnt been successful and is angry that, as a result, her handouts have been sanctioned. She used to get 270 a week benefits but this was cut to 200 a week when she failed to apply for enough jobs. Its terrible living on benefits, its not what I want. I have looked at a lot of cleaning jobs, coffee shops, shoe shops, everything but I never hear anything back, she said. If there are two people standing for the same job and one is big and one is slim, they will take the slim one. As a single mother to twins Lexi and Levi, five, and daughter Chloe, 13, as well as looking after a dog, Vicky says shes no stranger to hard work. The single mother has been on the dole for eight years and is angry her benefits have been cut recently because she hasnt applied for enough jobs . Its a full-time job looking after three kids, in fact its probably harder, she pointed out. She has been living off handouts for eight years after quitting a job she had as a cleaner. She said: I last worked in 2007. I had a job cleaning in sheltered accommodation. I did it for eight weeks. It didnt work out so I just gave it in. Maybe I should have stuck at it and tried harder. After her twins started at school, Vicky was warned her benefits would be sanctioned if she didnt demonstrate she was actively seeking work. But she said she struggled to find a job because of her size, lack of qualifications and the fact she would have to fit it in around childcare. Vicky, pictured applying for jobs with her daughter, said she is trying to find work . She said its not fair her benefits have been cut as a result of her not applying for enough jobs. I applied for four jobs as they were the only ones suitable for me to do. As a result, my benefits have been sanctioned as they said it wasnt enough, she explained. Im really angry at the fact they can put the sanction on me when I have kids. There are others who dont have kids and lie through their teeth and still get their money, she said. Vickys sister, Paula, said she didnt believe the job centre have done enough to help dyslexic Vicky find work. She said: Its wrong she was sanctioned for something she had done, but not done enough of. Its not like she hadnt done anything. Vickys three children and her dog, pictured, keep her busy and she hated having to visit a food bank recently in order to feed them thanks to her benefits being sanctioned . Shes a nice person, shes honest. shes reliable. I definitely think she could work given the chance. Vicky added that she attended a course in order to keep her benefits but it wasnt helpful. The course was rubbish, it was on how to set up your own business - thats never going to happen to me. I couldnt wait to get home, it was a waste of time, she said. As a result of her benefits cut, the single mother had to go to a food bank in order to feed her children, something she said made her feel like a scrounger and that she doesnt want to do again. She said she intends to join a local slimming group so she can get the support she needs to lose weight and she hopes once shes slimmer, she will get be given the opportunity to work. Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole is on C5 Mondays at 9pm or catch up On Demand 5 . 