National Roll Out Of Benefit Cap Begins

The total household benefits cap will begin to be rolled out in hundreds of areas across Great Britain from today (15 July).  The cap, which limits combined benefits, including housing benefit to £26,000 a year, will be rolled out gradually across the next 12 weeks.  Over the next six weeks it will be rolled out across 335 local authority areas which have an estimated 275 or fewer households affected. From 12 August it will then be applied to a further 40 local authority areas which have an estimated 276 or more households to be capped.  The DWP said that by the end of September, the cap will have been rolled out to all households. New claims under universal credit will be capped from October.  Read more on Inside Housing.