I’m on benefits but that doesn’t mean I should be poor… I still splash out on Veuve Clicquot and cashmere jumpers

IT’S 3pm on a Wednesday at a fancy restaurant in rural Cheshire and I’m just about to pay £75 for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot for two, while many people in the UK are at their desks working hard. 

We’re celebrating a birthday today and I’m dressed head to toe in M&S gear and wearing my signature perfume, Agent Provocateur. 

Erica Crompton says there is nothing wrong with treating yourself while on benefitsErica Crompton/Supplied Her signature scent is a posh £70 Agent Provocateur...