David Bracewell from Brierfield, who lied his way to £28,837 of taxpayers' cash, has been jailed for nine months.
He did not tell the DWP his wife was working in Asda. The defendant, said to have intellectual limitations, later claimed he forgot.
Mr Bracewell, whose wife Victoria has since set up home with his brother, had admitted allegations of failing to notify a change in circumstances, between 2003 and 2007.
Sentencing, Recorder Suzanne Goddard QC told Bracewell: "You knew you should have been declaring it. You clearly knew what you were doing. There must be an immediate custodial sentence."
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