IDS Promises Help To Families Hit By Benefit Cap

Families hit by the government’s £26,000 benefits cap for workless households will receive ‘intense’ help to prevent them losing their homes. Speaking at the second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of Commons, Iain Duncan Smith said the Department for Work and Pensions would make statements soon detailing the transitional arrangements for those hit by the cap. Under the cap, housing benefit payments are squeezed to fill the gap after all benefits have been paid. Read more on Inside Housing.