('Brit') a family 'on benefits' [=('US') 'on welfare'; receiving money from the government because of a low income or lack of income]
Since he owns the land, he thinks he should be free to use it 'for his own benefit'. [=in a way that is helpful to him]
He might be lying, but we have to give him 'the benefit of the doubt' and accept what he says for now.
(..) because I'm not gonna be able to pay my mortgage on my house. So, maybe we can move into a nice fucking one-bedroom apartment somewhere. And I guess without benefits, I'll be able to hold my daughter as she, you know, suffers from her asthma that I won't be able to afford the medication for. (..)2009 Up in the Air