The government says that households claiming benefits should
be no better off than the average family in work. The result is the benefits cap, which has
been rolled out across England ,
Scotland and Wales from 15
July. It will limit how much any one household can receive in state benefits.
All households will be capped by the end of September 2013.But who will be
affected, and how? The BBC has published a set of simple questions and answers
that summarise the key issues of the changes.
The cruel policy that left councils unable to house families in London |
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*Stephen Pound *says local authorities had to sell off housing stock but
were not allowed to spend the proceeds on replacing the lost homes
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